Fall 2009 - Finals

Sigh.. this semester went by pretty fast..

This was my final for Intermediate Figure Drawing class. I think this should be the last time I approach any drawing with Henry Yan's style. I will miss it.

Vine charcoal on 30"x40" drawing paper.
(used a photoref)

This was my final for Still Life class. It didn't turn out so well. The drapery looked unfinished. I did, however, enjoyed painting the three main objects.

Oil on canvas.

Later folks!
uhm.. sorry Alex for spamming your blog-search thing :P

1 week left..

Finals this week.. This is probably my only time to relax.. and of all the things I could possibly be doing right now, I chose to post a blog lol! These are all just in-class work from the past 2 weeks.. So I'll start this off with a couple of oil paintings from still life class...

One of the breasts look flatter... LOL! I only like how I painted the flowers...
(couldn't finish the background.. sigh)



From anatomy class... I had no idea how to approach these sculptures :P


And these are sketches I did during Henry Yan's intermediate figure drawing class...

Two 20's from today.. teehee~ smiley face! XD

One 20min. from today, and one 10min. from last week.

25 min. from last week. Charcoal pencil on newsprint.

And finally, 80 min. from last week. Vine charcoal on paper.

LATER DUDES! ( ^-^)v

Week 13... Thanks!

I am thankful everyday for having wonderful friends, family, and mentors/instructors... I am fortunate to be loved and supported by great people... This four-day weekend/ Thanksgiving holiday, I will eat with family for lunch, maybe hang out with friends for a day, and then work on assignments for my classes :)

These were from my intermediate figure drawing class.

Vine charcoal and white charcoal pencil on toned paper. 80 minutes.

Vine charcoal on drawing paper. 25 minutes.


Happy Thanksgiving everyone! \( ^-^)/

teehee!! :)

Awesome feeling I've been having with my drawings recently.. at least drawings from/for intermediate figure drawing.. hehee!! Henry didn't tell us that we'd be drawing a very long pose this week (2 days of 3-hour class time each).. so.. the ONLY time I didn't bring a drawing paper, I actually drew something worth drawing on a nicer paper---FML!! hahaha.. but now that I think about it, the newsprint paper was actually nice for the long pose.. I was more than satisfied :) and Henry did an awesome job instructing me.. Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish, and I still need to practice on certain things here and there..

The second drawing was the second master copy I did (which was really unnecessary, but Henry wanted another drawing that was more anatomical).. so I felt so embarrassed showing 2 master copies in class.. the link of his original drawing (my reference) is in my previous post..

In class drawing. About 1 hour and 40 minutes total time. Charcoal pencil.

2nd master copy for intermediate figure drawing class. Charcoal pencil.

Later dudes! ( ^-^)/

update :)

For my master copy assignment, I chose a painting by Zhaoming Wu (archive). Btw, the reference pic I used was from his website hehehe (not big enough! but I managed).. I don't know if Henry would like this one, so I'll do one more if I have time.. just in case. It'll more likely be his charcoal work.. teehee!!

(vine charcoal)

Later dudes! ( o^^o)v

portait - charcoal pencil

Teehee! I usually use vine charcoal as my main tool..

But I thought I'd do it Henry Yan-style.. lolz!
wheeee~~ I love starting out my week in his class every time!

I would've worked on her eyes more..
But she kept drowsing off.. gah!

later dudes! ( ^-^)v

4th week - phew!/yay!/sigh..

thank goodness i had plenty of sleep last night..
because today is: Day 2 of nonstop drawing (tons of homework!)
and Day 1 of sleepless nights/days.. gaahh!!
well, i think i'll have a couple of hours of rest here and there LOL!

Henry said i improved from my first week in his class (jmesohappee!)
unfortunately, this is the only sketch i can post today..
i still need to work on drawing a little faster, and a bunch of other things..

sigh.. i don't know why i draw so different in his class compared to
my anatomy class.. every time i'm in anatomy, I feel like crap T^T
..basically i struggle (in drawing figures) there more :/

(from intermediate figure drawing class)

hopefully my anatomy instructor will give me some time to draw further
(as much as i can) before he criticizes and attacks my sketches..
i would prefer if he attacks them with vine charcoal this time,
because I don't feel comfortable with his style of drawing..
gaaahh!!.. *breathe* ..later dudes ( -_-)v

3rd week - Monday was fun!

watching Henry draw during today's demo was soooo---aaahh!!

LOLz
my goal at the end of this semester is to have
fluid strokes based on his style (i'm a fan)
then mix it up with mine (when i figure out what the heck my style is)
don't know when yet.. eehhh eventually ^^;

so here are some quick and long sketches from class:

(i need to draw legs longer next time hehe)

(i think i got lucky when i drew his hand.. teehee!)

later! ( ^-^)v