Break time bird creatures

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I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved.

Sleeper

Bus sleeper on the ride home from work.

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A quick one...while he's away...

Lovingly rendered with assorted pens found in my bag.

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Some Paintings I Did

It keeps occurring to me as I see these on my living room wall that I never shared them on my blog.  It's one of those "kept meaning to" sort of things.  But since they are still new to you, dear viewer, here are the two paintings I completed last summer:

 For You Blue

Acrylic on Canvas, 20" x 16"

 

 You Were Dead When I Found You

Acrylic on found board, 23"x11.5"

 

(Detail)

 

Croc worm

This creature reared its ugly head in my sketchbook last week.

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Rats

Assignment from my Sculpture I class last semester:
Found object materials project.
Dowel rods, sticks, wood scraps, cardboard, mat board, wire, guitar strings, and of course, masking tape.

Be sure to check out the interesting shadows these create. 

The Rakes

This was a project I did for my Sculpture I class last semester.
The assignment was to create something exploring extensions or continuations of the body.
Media was wood (with glue and fasteners), gauze, and acrylic paint/gloss medium.

Departed

Yesterday the sculpture from the previous post was completed and critiqued in my Sculpture 1 class.  

Behold:

I think I'm naming it Departed.

It's wood, about 20" x 30" x 12," painted with mixtures of gesso, ground charcoal and acrylic gloss medium. 

So...no posts for September, but I don't feel too bad about it because I've been so busy with school and work, and I really pleased with my sculpture.  I've also started going to Denver West Prep middle school for my field experiences for teaching certification.  I also have some small works from my Jewelry and Metalsmithing class that I will share when I get them back from gradings.  I might try to make several posts in the near future to catch up on what I neglected to share through September, including my sketch book stuff and the completed beetle painting.  We shall see. 

Back to School

This past week I started class at Metropolitan State College of Denver for K-12 teaching licensure.  I'm taking two art studio classes, Sculpture I and Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing.  In Sculpture I our first project (as well as the other two for the semester) is primarily in wood, specifically 2x4's for project one.  Here is a page of studies for my idea, a large relief type sculpture about 2' tall by 3' wide. 

Frank Auerbach

This is another Lucian Freud sketchbook study, this time from his 1975/76 painting Frank Auerbach.  Dori got me a Taschen book on Freud for my birthday so there might be quite a few more posts like this.

A minor

August has been rushing by with a cruel gusto!  Displayed are some items from my sketchbook, some I've been meaning to share for quite some time.  I've also been working on my beetle painting, which is almost finished so I hope to share that soon.  The day job at DIA is tiring and time consuming, but I'm still trying to enrich my bus rides and breaks with drawing and reading, as well as food and sleep when necessary. Time is just stretched thin and is about to get thinner as I start school for teaching certification next week.  These are trying but exciting times.  I'm ready for my favorite season of autumn, which will be upon us soon.