Hello everyone and thanks for checking out my work. I hope you enjoy it and decide to leave a comment / critique.

For the past few months I’ve been seriously working at my art. I’ve been pushing myself to expand and grow.
I thought up this project as a way to get me to explore some different mediums and techniques while retaining a consistent theme throughout the pieces.

The Project Requirements were:
A total of 12 hours of figure drawings
A total of 12 hours of portrait drawings
For a total of 24 hours worth of artwork in the end.

The actual individual pieces can be of any time length and medium desired but there must be at least the following:
2 Figure works of at least 1 hour
2 Portrait works of at least 1 hour
1 Figure Painting
1 Portrait Painting

Deadline:
Start Date: 01/13/2018
Finish Date: 03/10/2018
I gave myself enough time to work on this project and still meet my other commitments, such as work and family, and simultaneously work on other projects and also “attending classes” on the New Masters Academy website.
I wanted to hold myself accountable and didn’t just leave it open ended with no end date.

Desired Outcome:
I will do another version of this project in about 3 months or so, in order to contrast and compare the outcomes of each and see where I’ve grown and where I still need work.

That was one long winded introduction. Thanks for sticking through it.

Below is the project:

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Chosen Muse: Maude Bonanni -Instagram: @maudebonanni

References:
I utilized New Masters Academy’s image library and chose model Maude Bonanni. There was plenty of reference images available of her in both nude and clothed figure poses and also portraits.

Goals:
To solidify much of what I’ve learned so far at new Masters Academy.
Push myself into new mediums such as watercolor, gouache, ink wash, and Oil pastels. (Previously I mostly worked in graphite pencil and
Charcoal only)

I will refrain from describing my view point and opinions on these here to avoid skewing your interpretation and critique of them. I will elaborate on my thoughts and processes later in the comments.

I know that this is a lot of information and art work to go through and I appreciate your time and effort in looking at and your critique of them.
If it’s any consolation, anyone who comments or gives me an honest critique here, I will do the same for you.

Thank you so much!

Ohh and I have numbered the images for easy reference when commenting.

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These first few are the quicker gesture drawings I’ve done. I tried to pick a good representative group instead of posting all the dozens of drawings I did.

First The Figure Gestures:

1 to 15 Minute Poses – Wolff’s Carbon Pencil on 18 x 24 Smooth Newsprint:

F1. F2. F3. F4. F5. F6. F7. F8. F9. F10.

The Portrait Gestures:

1 to 15 Minute Poses – Wolff’s Carbon Pencil on 18 x 24 Smooth Newsprint:

P1. P2. P3. P4. P5.

– Due to image quantity constraint, this is continued in replies.