The Beginning.

These are my first "serious" works. These are from before I began college, during my senior year of high school. I took an art elective that had an emphasis in drawing.

My mixed media piece for the class- "A Story and a Line"
acrylic paint, colored pencil, and sharpie on canvas , 2008

We experiemented with all sorts of media throughout the semester- including graphite, sharpie, printing ink, scratchboard, and acrylic paints. My favorite portion of the class was the time dedicated towards scratchboard. Its entirely different than any other method of drawing- it is basically a white surface covered with black clay that is to be removed with a variety of blades. To put it simply, its a subtractive form of drawing- the artist removes the black (the negative space) rather then applying it. The three shown were done outside of class for further practice and study.

Enjoy!

"Confound"
Scratchboard, 2008

"Blithe"
Scratchboard, 2008



















"Inculpate"
Scratchboard, 2008