Wild Swans Again

Second go at the wild swans story for Illustrative Print. This time I used a bigger block and printed it using the press instead of by hand. The cutting got a lot easier the more I did it. Relief block print, 12 x 18in.

Museum Gala

First assignment for my Lifestyle class which is a fashion illustration course. The assignment was to choose a location and find existing designer clothes that draw inspiration from the place. I chose the Museum of Natural History and looked at Jean Paul Gaultier's couture collections for the past five years. Having the four illustrations due at the same time was a challenge, but I'm pretty happy with the results. Watercolor, ink, 8 x 13in

Wild Swans

This is my first attempt at relief block printing. I like the different textures you can get but if you mess up when cutting you can't really fix it. It's an illustration of the wild swans story. I'm doing the same scene again for the next assignment but this time bigger. Relief block print, 9 x 12in.

Life Drawing Final

Made my sisters dress up and pose for me. Also from the end of last semester. Chalk pastel, 22 x 30in.

Wet Media Stuff

My goal for this semester is not to totally forget about this blog when finals come around. Here are the last few projects from Wet Media Kitchen.Watercolor one week assignment. I used salt in ground and gouache for the outlines. The creature is a centaur. 12 x 14in, watercolor and gouache.Final project. Same technique as the centaur piece. It's a wrap around cover for a book of fairytales. 18 x 25in, watercolor and gouache

Phoenix

For Wet Media Kitchen. We have started using gouache, which I don't have much experience with. Sometimes I'm not sure what I'm doing when I paint with gouache, but I'm liking it. The creature in a phoenix: magical, long-lived bird, reborn from fire etc. 9in x 13in, gouache

Prompt: Pet

Alison's choice of prompt this week. Looks like finally did a prompt that wasn't a pretty lady. But I'm sure I'll get back to that next week since it is my choice. Here is a little girl and her giant magical whatever-it-is. 5in x 7in, gouache, ink