practice

Coffee shop practice.

Trials and Tribulations of Randy Moss

I can feel what the professional football player Randy Moss feelings. No, i haven't caught a game winning catch or played in a Superbowl but we both have depression. I know the hurt and need to be alone that he often feelings. More times than i can count on one hand i felt the same way he did in the interview. Granted it's not healthy to feel this way but until i center myself it's true.

Phillip and the Band (pic & sketch)

Sometimes life takes you the oddest of places. Not to long ago it made sure i took me to a Phillip Roebuck show. I'm the last person to be seen at an art show opening and not because i don't support the arts. It's more roots in the ideas that i belittle myself on the idea , why can't i get my act together to have my own show? I sit in a salty mood and wonder are the people around me that are having shows better than me? I truth of the matter is no they aren't because we each have their own unique voice to be expressive with.
It was late and i was wondering what time i should make my exit and not shut down the event but i saw a guy put a kick drum on his back and held a banjo which grabbed my attention. Others around me boasted about his performance being incredible and something worth seeing. So i didn't leave, i stayed and it was well worth it.

a sample of his music

http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_bio/artist_65495

Kanye West Interuption moment....

This past week seems to be overloading with Kanye West. His latest album came out last week and the PR people have him mostly EVERYWHERE. I saw this Saturday Night Live performance was left momentarily in awe but the visual direction. I was going to post here but found myself watching his mini-movie instead. Granted i may not agree with all of his view point but i can't deny that he's a creative genius. This video best exemplifies that.

Shades of Green (pic & sketch)

I've been dragging my tired self on my days off to Panera. I've just felt drained but not really sure why. I guess my mind is running overdrive to much at work. This is one of the tumblr pictures that i found and drew. Perhaps there are many more on the way.

Where's My Eraser

this is a quick little study sketch that i did. I had an eraser somewhere but now i'm not sure where it is. This sketch started off as just being a simply red sketch study until i realized i wasn't getting any volume or detail in it therefor blue was added. With no eraser blending was my only option. Sigh!

When Life Gives You Lemons (pic & sketch)

Kristen is one of the girls that i met at Greenbrier Old Navy during my 2 week flip flop there this past spring. I always admired her bubbly nature and her smile which would explain why i knew plenty of guys fancied her. From time to time i check in on her to make sure she along with the other girls working there and behaving themselves. While on one of my photo hunting missions i ran across this goofy pic. The idea that it was more than just a typical photo and the way her face was stretched made this picture worth re-imagining. I wasn't to sure what i was doing to do with the background or it was going to be a expressive painting. I just knew i would allow the process to take a life of it's own. On a whim this is what i came up with.

A girl with her book (pic & sketch)

Tabetha is one of the former models from the local drawing group that i'm a part of. When i had an old picture tagged of me in her album not to long ago i went through her other pictures as well as came across this one. I like the manner in which she was posed without being to posed. Therefor one bored day while i was out unwinding i began to draw. It's a little detailed but the color pencil that i used only allowed me but so much.

What Drives My Art?

I find myself reflecting on my not so the brightest moments of my past to create work. The anger, the frustration and the sadness become a large ball of energy that i use. I ran across 3 songs that expression this idea best.

1. Trey Songz


2. Pharcyde


3. Outkast

Meanwhile...

Of my most recent pieces this one makes me proud. I have been dragging my feet with anything remotely related to an art show. I've made promises to myself that i would get the ball rolling, day after day until it's just a small echo of an idea.

Shortly after hearing the news that Sandra Bullock was leaving her husband. I thought of the old Blondie comic strip that i was use to read when i was younger. Blondie and Sandra had been labeled as the American sweetheart. I constantly heard that comparison after she won her Oscar earlier this year. I wanted to make a drawing that looked grainy like a comic strip. I could dig better into the psychology of the idea but i'll leave it at this for now.

Katie leah sketch, something old pic i had laying around

Roger Staubach

I sketch often so i wanted to do something for a friend. After looking to see what my fellow peer artist were doing this is what i came up with.

Norfolk Drawing Group #77 : Pre-Funk

I hadn't gone out to the group in well over a month. I had either been broke or wanting more time to rest. My friends wanted me to be more chatty but i was more focused on my artwork. I had plenty of things to work on. Overall it was an ok sketch night.

Norfolk Drawing Group #78: the Funk

I made my way out to painting night with a painful sinus headache. The traffic was so backed up i didn't want to go straigh home. Instead i draw them semi-sketch. You can kind of sense that my heart wasn't into it at all.