I'm back!

Hey guys and girls! It's been a pretty crazy summer but I'm back...

I meant to be back much sooner than this but sometimes plans change... I got a summer job as a Resident Hall Assistant at my school and that requires me to be able to go at any given time if I'm needed and makes it very difficult to keep up with something like this... I'm not gonna complain, it has its perks and I like the job alot...

Well enough of that... I've got a couple new drawings for ya.

I wanted to create something unlike any of the other stuff that I have done... Mission accomplished... lol I believe that in alot of cases a drawing like this captures the emotions of the artist more than a realistically drawn subject matter... And that is one of the big things that makes art artistic... In my opinion, something an artist creates isnt art without inspiration and emotion... I really enjoyed making this and like the way it turned out so I may make more like it...

This is an older piece but I still like it... Sometimes I just try to draw something that shows depth... I like to experiment with different ways of doing so... Maybe that makes me weird... I dunno... But did I ever claim to be normal?

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Charcoal & Pastel

My favorite mediums! Charcoal, like i said before, has to be THE most forgiving medium that I have ever dealt with. Its awesome. I used to always do sketches in pencil because I loved the ability to erase and you cant do that with paints or crayons or anything else I had used. I also loved colored pencils for the same reason. In my opinion part of being a "good" artist is not necessarily being able to make something perfect and exactly how you want it, but to have the ability to cover up those mistakes and make it appear that you never made a mistake in the first place.

Well I said earlier that I was goin to try and have some more drawings up so I guess I better get on to that. I feel like I've ranted enough for now. And why not start with some made with my favorite, charcoal. :D

This one is a portrait of my fiancée. Love you baby!

This one I just sat down and started doodling and it evolved into something pretty cool I think.

And this is a landscape from my school.

And then there is more or less charcoal's color equivalent, chalk pastels. I love chalk pastels, aside from the horrible smell of course. Buh.

Anyways. Another landscape.

And this one I found interesting. Another landscape but the colors are inverted O.o

Well I hope you enjoyed the post today. I figured I would give you a big one since I'm not sure how much I will be on in the next 2 weeks. I'm going on vacation to visit my dad and I don't think I will have internet. >.< Crazy right? Who doesn't have internet in this day and age? Oh well... Anywho.... Thanks for reading and I'll be back whenever I manage to find a hotspot. lol

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I almost forgot to add some of my drawings on here. Musta been too tired last night to think about it. Anyways drawing is kind of my thing as far as art goes. I've loved to draw as long as I could remember and was able to pick up a crayon.

On of my favorite mediums is charcoal. Messy, yes. But it is about the most forgiving medium I've dealt with in any form of art.

Here is a portrait of an old college friend. Miss ya Zilly!

And this is one of my favorite pieces I've done. I never was much for art that wasn't realism or naturalism until recently. I've learned that that allows for more creativity and possibly more emotion in art. This is one that came from me just playing around with some charcoal one day.

And my second favorite medium for drawing to charcoal only due to the awful smell - chalk pastel.

Its SONIC! (hey ya gotta have some fun with it right?)

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