The first few are from various drawing courses. First, an in-class sketch of my teacher's hands, measuring 18" x 24", charcoal on newsprint.
This was an odd assignment where we were each given a small seashell and had to depict it multiple ways. This depiction was my favorite. About 8" x 11" in pastel and charcoal on paper.
This next piece used printer transfers and pastels on heavy blotter paper and measured about 16" x 20".
This is a quick portrait of my dog, a chihuahua puppy, in ink and watercolor on paper.
This is a painting of some weeds from the Botanical Gardens on USF's campus in Tampa. The image was tiny, but the oil painting measures about 18" x 24"
My ceramics class was a lot of fun. This project required each of us to construct a huge vase out of coils and design a face for the front. I thought about my grandfather mostly, so the face turned out very long and thin.
After firing, I painted it dark blue with the Milky Way splashed across the front to make him a sort of Father Time figure.
Our final project involved realism, so I recreated a hand towel out of clay. I shaped the initial structure from slabs and piped on individual fibers with slip in a plastic bag. The process was extensive, but the result was pretty convincing. I even carved a hole in the back of the piece so it could be hung on a wall and look like a real towel. The original is red and my copy is orange.
