Lesson for Art Class: How to draw a detailed head

Message to Art III

-Eat Right
-Don't Do Drugs
-Stay in School
-Never rush your art to get it done. It wll all be worth it in the end

AP ART PORTFOLIO - 5/20/08

HOW DOES THE WORK IN YOUR CONCENTRATION DEMONSTRATE THE EXPLORATION OF YOUR IDEA?

In order to achieve my concentration, I would start a work with a simple sketch. I would advance the sketch further by making pencil outlines more detailed. Once everything in the picture has been mapped out in more detail with pencil, I utilize ink or chalk depending on the subject in the picture I am starting to improve first. For instance, I would color a sky with chalk and a window pane or the paint on a car I would color with ink. Sometimes I would even use ink as a foundation for the color I wish to intensify with chalk. Once all the color chalk and ink have been laid down, I would use grayscale ink and or grayscale chalk to create the shadows of the figures, objects, and structures in the picture. This would be the last stage of completing a work for my concentration.
My work haven’t necessarily gotten more gothic, but they have developed in their imagery. The imagery of my work is sustained by its details, but most importantly, its narrative. My ability to tell the story of a person or place in a drawing has enhanced over the months through factors as simple as a character’s clothing, a character’s appearance, and objects in the environment as well as objects possessed by characters. My work has also progressed through my technique. I went from using just pencil to ink, and then, from just ink, to chalk, color ink and India ink. I was inspired to use India ink by the graphic novel artist and author, Frank Miller, who only uses the colors black and white in his drawings to narratively convey his sequences of art.

WHAT IS THE CENTRAL IDEA OF YOUR CONCENTRATION

The central idea of my concntration is mysterious figures, objects, structures, and places, which are masked with shadow and or smoke.

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"Somewhere Beyond The Wall" is a large picture I am currently attempting to finish. This is a drawing of a man that has left a violent and destructive world only to discover a vast new world of serene beauty.

KODY CHAMBERLAIN - GRAPHIC NOVEL ARTIST

THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT - BLOODSUCKER TALES: "DEAD BILLY DEAD"

Human Figure Artist. Distinct style of strict pen and ink. The absence of more soft medium enhance the features of the characters.

FRANK MILLER - GRAPHIC NOVELIST AND NARRATIVE ARTIST

DWIGHT McCARTHY - FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY

Frank Miller is best known for his grim film-noirish comic book stories using characters like Batman and Daredevil as well as original works like Sin City. For Sin City, Frank Miller's art technique is quite simple in terms of composition and for that reason is so striking. The simple black and white contrast clearly conveys the image and adds much drama and character to the image. The black and white create a main focus on emotion rather than realism. For instance, Frank Miller may exagerate physical characteristics of many of his characters, but that small element of pushing the qualities of the character over the edge highlight the feeling and the factor of realism is outweighed.

PORTFOLIO

(soon to come)

FRANZ VON STUCK - SPIRITUAL ARTIST

LUCIFER

Franz Von Stuck is an artist of gothic work and fades the edges and lines of figures and setting in his work to emphasis the extreme drama of each picture.

AREA OF CONCENTRATION

Bowman's area of concentration is anything and everything dark - dark expressions, dark environments, dark figures, etc.