There is so much that I would like to do this winter break. Maybe I'm being too ambitious, or overly optimistic, but I hope to learn how to silkscreen, make my website using flash, and begin to learn Illustrator. And of course I want to continue drawing and painting. During these next few weeks I'm really going to work on moving my drawing in an new direction. Rather than doing simple observational pieces that usually depict a single figure, I want to start doing more planned out, complex compositions with multiple figures. So far I've been able to convey moods in my pieces, but I would really like to create narratives.
Okay, so that's where I want to go eventually, but just to get myself back in the groove of drawing (I'm pretty out of practice) yesterday I did a few drawings of my cousin Abby. Hopefully you can tell that all three are of the same person. The small one with the dark background is actually from about a year ago. I thought it might be interesting to look at all three of them together.
Um on a somewhat related note I'm going to the National Portfolio Day at the Corcoran on Saturday and the idea of having my work judged is kind of scary. I think I may get in trouble for having too many portraits. On the up side, though, they may have some advice that could really help me!
Well that's all for now. Thanks for reading and please comment! I would love to hear suggestions for improving the Abby drawings!
-Erica
3 comments:
Wooh! First blog comment. I took your comment virginity.
Ahhh, the second piece is so great! I mean, I think the first one is wonderful, but the color and attitude expressed in the second one is amazing! You'll have to give it to me, it's so absolutely breathtaking.
Really cute picture as your profile.
And I can't wait to read more blog entries. Love you!
YAYY! You have a blog! So exciting! I wish I was more of an art connoisseur, so i could give you better comments, but I like them all...and yay for blogging! And exclamation marks!
Abby just told me about you blog, I really like these three picture of abby. Think that the first and the third are really good representations of what she looks like but i like the second on because i think it speaks to her personality. Also from the later blog posts it seems like you having fun abroad. I would love to see some of the stuff your doing if thats possible.
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