Girl in Shadow

Just saw this image this morning. Loved it and felt compelled to capture it on paper.

Concept #2: Reflection of Skyscrapers in the Bird's Blood

This concept is more dark and serious.

Concept #1 for Class Assignment: Paper Bag

This concept is centered on the paper bag mentioned in the article which is used by the volunteers to pick up the injured and dead birds every morning in the financial district in downtown Toronto.

Prepping for Final Class Assignment

Time flies and within a blink I'm already expecting my last class in a few days. The final class assignment is a challenging one: an editorial illustration for an article appeared in last year's New York Times about how urban development in Toronto has affected the migratory birds. I'm still in the brainstorming process.

Final Caricature of Orange

This is the final caricature of my friend Orange. I really had a fun week working on his caricature!

Facial Expression

More facial expression study for today.

Prepping for Class Assignment 4: Studying Orange

Spent some time on Orange's facial expressions based on his photos and my imagination. The top right one is both his and my favorite. I think I'll work around that for my final assignment.

My "New" Bag

Pam bought a canvas bag many many years ago. She didn't like the original red color and tried to dye it into black. It didn't turn out good. She tucked the bag away and only found it again in the basement 2 weeks ago. When she offered the bag to me, I was elated! After all these years it's got this natural distress look that people would pay hundreds for. It's very big, so I'm taking my big sketchbook, lunch, snack, and pretty much everything in it and I still can't fill it full. NICE!

Prepping for Class Assignment 4

Class assignment 4 is facial expression studies and doing a caricature of someone. No one is more qualified for this project than Orange! I met him at Lynn's movie night party. He has such a distinguished look, messy hair, slightly crooked nose, his eyes piercing with intellectual insights. It'll be a fun week doing sketches and drawings of him!

First Acrylic

First acrylic on paper! For some reason the gangster-like feel is missing from the pencil sketch. Maybe I need to change the body color. Tonight I'll remake the piece onto sanded pop can. How exciting!