Drawings

**French Style Charcoal Blowup:** This is an in progress drawing of Saxophone keys. The keys have been blown up to approximately 10-15x their size. The study was finished in September 2009.

**Sweet Gum Tree Leaf Study ** This was an in depth study of the Sweet Gum tree leaves, that included a study of High Renaissance Shading. High Renaissance Shading was a technique used by the great masters such as DaVinci that used a multitude of lines to add tones of white to black to drawings. Below is a close up view of the technique.



**Sweet Gum Tree Close-up** This is a French Style Charcoal study of the close up of the main leaf,which I have rendered in both black and white and color abov

A study of cloth its folds, light, shadows, and textures. High Renaissance Shading was used as well. Below is a closer view for more detail specific observations.
 * Cloth Still Life**

**Gesture Drawing (15 minutes)** This was a study of a series of 14 steps with in gesture drawing which I completed four times in all. They were to focus generally on putting as much information as possible, allowing for the object to be as complete as possible.

Perimeter, Stroke Variety, Labyrinth Line, Contour Line, Sighting, Angles/Directions, Values, Inside to Outside, Basic Shapes, and Meander Scribble.
 * Steps used:**

**US Army Jeep** The following is a Prismacolor (colored pencil) drawing of black, white, and french grays. The piece is 16" x 24" or so. It is based off a still life photograph I took a few years back.

**Observational Still Life** 18"x 24" Charcoal on paper.