Virtual Open Studios Fall 2020: ART 119 - Special Topics in Drawing
Instructor: Lisa Rose
Class website: https://sites.google.com/ucsc.edu/art119-drwng-f2020/home
Anya Lehman
Anya Lehman
“Pumpkin Patch”
Digital Drawing.
Linework and fluidity are the stand-out features of this work. Through technique progression in Special Topics Drawing, I have been able to utilize linework to capture gesture.
Anya Lehman
“Mary Lou!”
Digital Drawing.
The main intentions of this piece were to incorporate both linework and blending techniques. Aiming to create a hodgepodge of texture and feel allows this piece to be tangible while remaining very much so digital.
Anya Lehman
“Purple Rum”
Digital Drawing.
This piece is purposefully unfinished in order to evoke the feeling of having a memory, where faces are almost impossible to imagine. Color pallet choice was intentional in conveying a colder and more ghostly feeling.
Akane Kaneko
Akane Kaneko
“Raise”
Digital drawing on Photoshop
Focused on light and shadow by only using monochromatic colors to express her powerfulness and mysterious beauty.
Akane Kaneko
“Naughty”
Digital drawing on Photoshop
Expressed the pop sense of feeling, cuteness, and whims of the cat while using a lot of colors to create an unrealistic, comic-like painting.
Bailey Jones
I am a printer, illustrator, and mixed media artist based in Santa Cruz, California. Those I love are often my inspiration. I believe art is a way of expressing tenderness between the artist and the viewer by taking time to understand and consider each other. My goal through this class was to better my lines and create looser, more energetic drawings.
“Falling Asleep at the Portrait”
Procreate Illustration.
In this sketching session I was attempting to create more weight and loose lines in the character. The background is an image of Rome and the character is falling asleep while getting her portrait painted.
“Spirit Dance”
Procreate Illustration.
During this session was to focus on the face and express mood. This piece is supposed to communicate the idea of musicians and other artists undervaluing their work due to lack of demand.
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“Little Star”
Procreate Animation
During this session we read a story while sketching the model. This inspired me to reinvent a children's song using my sketches made during the warm ups. This was also an experiment into more abstract character design.
Benjamin Izenberg
Benjamin Izenberg
“Devil’s Lunch Break”
Digital Drawing
*This drawing was done from imagination while looking at the front of the model. Envisioning the model in three-dimensional space to develop the figure from its backside.
Benjamin Izenberg
“Bad Cat”
Pen on paper, Digital Drawing
*This drawing is an accumulation of the skills I learned in this class. With a successful attempt at coloring. The goal was to create a character that would be reusable.
Chunlu Zhang
Chunlu Zhang
“Free!”
Digital Drawing.
This is my first drawing in this class. It is a quick drawing, I remembered in the first drawing class, Professor Rose said that do not think about it and just move your hand, it is totally ok to look ugly. It gives me a sense of how gesture drawing works.
Chunlu Zhang
“Wooolala”
Digital Drawing
This is a drawing in week 5, halfway of the course. We took advantage of digital tools and used our imagination to have fun. It was my first time combining my drawing with pictures. It focuses on the combination of your drawing with background.
Chunlu Zhang
“NOOM”
Digital Drawing
This is a drawing in week 10. I think I improve a lot. I am more familiar with digital tools and have a better understanding of gesture drawing. For this drawing, I focused more on the detail and I think I did it well.
David R. A. Watson
“Ghost Ranch Girl”
Photo montage with digital drawing.
“Horned Fey”
Digital drawing with masking.
“Vision of Goddess Bastet”
Digital drawing with inverted colors.
“Art Palace of Mind”
Graphite on paper with digital color and mask composites.
Dylan Brunick
Dylan Brunick
“Gesture Study”
Digital Drawing
10 second gesture drawing of model, focusing on line of action and minimal line work.
Dylan Brunick
“Blind Contour”
Digital drawing
Blind contour drawing study of model, focusing on loosely shaping the figure.
Dylan Brunick
“Street Scene”
Analog/Digital Drawing
Analog drawing of street environment converted into a digital drawing, focusing on getting the main points without too much detail.
Dylan Brunick
“Memory”
Digital Drawing
Gesture study from memory, from a movie I recently watched that included an intense chess game.
Eliza Convis
Eliza Convis
The Council
Digital
Various 10-minute studies put together. They know the secrets to life and they will share...for a price.
Eliza Convis
Wolf Girlz!
Digital
These are two similar poses our model did, and I put them together in a girl group. Their album drops next month.
Eliza Convis
I Know This Song
Digital
I composed a 20-minute study together with a separate continuous line sketch. The original vintage poster had women in the same positions, and I used the colors already present on their dresses.
Eliza Convis
Catgirl Watches Romcoms at 3pm on a Tuesday
Digital
This is a 30 minute study of a model using gesture and cross contour techniques.
Ella Apuntar
Ella Apuntar
“Gestures”
Digital drawing
Collection of gesture drawings from 30 second poses.
Ella Apuntar
“Nov 3”
Digital drawing
25 minute figure drawing.
Ella Apuntar
“Nov 24”
Digital drawing
20 minute figure drawing.
Ella Apuntar
“Dec 1”
Digital drawing
Two reductive drawings done from 10 minute poses.
Emily Tse
Emily Tse
“Steampunk Shoot Out”
Digital
“This piece establishes a dramatic scene, spotlighting the main character in a dark, sepia-toned background. The smoking gun is evident of a recent event which forces viewers to imagine what happened before this scene. Did someone get shot? Was there a fight? This piece allows the audience to wonder and imagine their own narratives.”
Emily Tse
“greco Roman aesthetics”
Digital
“This piece combines classical and modern media styles by incorporating text and abstract shapes into the image of a reclining muse. I used the lasso tool to create the sleek shapes and included the text on the bottom right corner similar to magazine covers. It imitates tabloid aesthetics while maintaining modernity.”
Emily Tse
“Idle Neko”
Digital
“This piece experiments with neutral, earthy tones to establish a calm atmosphere. The pinks and greens are subtle and meld together without any striking shape or form, creating overall balance.”
Joyce Chen
Joyce Chen
“Spanish Rose”
Digital art
This drawing is drawn from a model, colored from imagination (including the facial shadows), and put in front of a picture inspired by blue.
Joyce Chen
“Ice Cream”
Digital art
Drawn from a picture I took in downtown Santa Cruz; I captured the tiny details in the ice cream “folds”, and larger details in the waffle.
Joyce Chen
“Lounging Goddess”
Digital art
Joyce Chen
“Opposing forces”
Digital art
I used cross contouring, which are lines that go in a direction of action, for the left figure; the right is evil whilst the left is a farmer girl.
Kayla Martain
Kayla Martain
Untitled 1
Digital Drawing
Kayla Martain
Untitled 2
Digital Drawing
Kayla Martain
Untitled 3
Digital Drawing
Kayla Martain
Untitled 4
Digital Drawing
Lauren Baldock-Wood
Lauren Baldock-Wood
“Apple Tree”
Digital Drawing
This digital drawing attempts to capture stillness and feelings of calm through use of cool blues, greens and browns and soft textures.
Lauren Baldock-Wood
“Chopping Garlic”
Digital Drawing
This digital drawing of my friend chopping garlic is a study on light and memory. To make this drawing, I used techniques learned in this class, such as use of a large brush size and attempting not to lift my brush from the Wacom tablet.
Lauren Baldock-Wood
“Zest”
Digital Drawing
This digital drawing seeks to capture the energy and movement of the life model as she continuously changed her pose in real-time.
Lee-Anna Meza
Lee-Anna Meza
“Cowgirl contour”
Digital
This drawing is a 10 or 15 minute contour drawing of a class model who was dressed as a farmer/cowgirl. With it being a contour drawing I tried to focus on the outline of the model rather than include shading.
Lee-Anna Meza
“Pink farm”
Digital
This drawing was done in about 20 minutes so it includes more detail and shading. After the model session I went into the drawing and colored her in a monochrome pink to create more of a pop art design. I also chose to add a more graphic background to incorporate more pop art style and add the purple/blue color to help the pink stand out more.
Lee-Anna Meza
“Doghead”
Digital
This drawing was done in a subtractive process. My goal was to create a graphic style piece that showed depth even with the lack of shading. The drastic opposites of black and white was used to bring focus on the figure and bring it forward.
Lee-Anna Meza
“Doghead 2”
Using a subtractive method the model is surrounded by a solid pink background. The solid background was meant to give this model pose a soft yet sharp look by using a hot pink. Keeping the details of the model very minimal to create more of a graphic/color blocking style.
Lizbeth LB
Lizbeth L.B.
“Beautiful Slug”
12.16.2020 GIF through photoshop
I tried to illustrate the evolution of the figure and my concepts through a skill I learned in this class, motion. As someone who loves to play with color and opacity I felt that the last two images captured my interest artistically as well as my intrigue in fantasy.
Lizbeth L.B.
“Erased”
12.16.2020 GIF through photoshop
I was inspired by the idea that historically there have been many great battles and events even those that have been horrific. Documentation on these events have been eroded by nature and even fabricated or destroyed by others. In the end time passes.
Lizbeth L.B.
“This Is NOT Okay”
11.7.2020 Digital
My anger and frustration that I feel for people who want to regulate women's bodies with the excuse of being pro life.
Lizbeth L.B.
“Hm”
10.6.2020 Digital drawing
I enjoyed the gender neutrality of this figure.
Lucinda Schwarz
Lucinda Schwarz
“Mystic”
Digital Drawing
This digital drawing draws you into the mystical world where this creature is sitting, with the aloof but reminiscent markings of plants and clouds. Made from a drawing of a model.
Lucinda Schwarz
“Horned Fairy”
Digital Drawing
This digital drawing makes the viewer wonder about the character’s story, and is done with a limited color palette and plays with depth. Drawing from a model session.
Lucinda Schwarz
“60’s Abstract”
Digital Drawing
This digital drawing aims to give you a 60s vibe mixed with pop art feel. The drawing was done as a contour drawing of a model.
Nicole Soriano
“Thanks, Prometheus”
Digital Drawing
Five second gesture drawings rearranged to be in a cave, glowing amongst a fire.
Nicole Soriano
“Satyrs”
Digital Drawing
Incorporation of a variety of brush types in order to emphasize texture and depth.
Nicole Soriano
“Her Last Song”
This piece incorporates the use of previous sketches to create more dynamism throughout the subject. This is also an exploration of light- using the imagination to depict what her performance would look like.
Nicole Soriano
“xyz”
While hollow, the subject hopes to materialize the space in which it occupies through the use of cross-contour techniques. Lines represent a series of planes, creating a 3 dimensional effect.
Ria Devine
Ria Devine
“Ensuing Battle”
Digital
Working on volume and perspective I created this image. Two masked creatures about to battle, the moment before the clash in this cave.
Ria Devine
“Playing for an Audience”
Digital
With a goal of movement and story, our female lead plays a song for her friends, some stray cats, of whom she can relate too.
Ria Devine
“Work on the Farm”
Digital
We listened to a story that inspired this killer farm girl. A focus on the story and creating a scene was my goal for this image.
Ria Devine
“Every Vote”
Digital
A suffragette stands alone as a symbol of history. I worked with new layering and coloring techniques to create an image that draws your eye to our lead character.
Theron Joyet
“Sunset Serenade”
Procreate on iPad
Meant to communicate the simple joys in life such as listening to music, watching a sunset, or flying a kite.
“Digital Screen Print”
Procreate on iPad
Convey the power of the stance and of the negative space.
“Despondent”
Procreate on iPad
A solitary moment to contemplate life, and the act of being drawn.
“Five Seconds”
Procreate on iPad
The first and last class of the quarter shows how skills can evolve over the course of 10 weeks.
Vanessa Shalaby
Vanessa Shalaby
“It”
Digital painting in Adobe Photoshop 2020
The sinister, otherworldly, human-like creature is brought out by the various textures and the anxious quality of the brush strokes. There is an eerie aura to her created using a blue palette for her skin tone.
Vanessa Shalaby
“Royal Maiden”
Digital painting in Adobe Photoshop 2020
The softness of the subject is brought to light by the softness and transparency of the brushstroke as well as the bright glow of the blue lotus against the dark background, lending to the idea of a delicate femininity and elegance.
Vanessa Shalaby
“The American Dreamgirl”
Digital painting in Adobe Photoshop 2020
The Women’s Suffrage era was one of struggle and resistance, but in this piece, the American Dreamgirl stands proudly as a symbol of patriotism. With fireworks behind her head and a pondering expression on her face, she remains dignified and empowered.
Vanessa Shalaby
“Roses are Ruby”
Digital painting in Adobe Photoshop 2020
The troubled, horned woman playing a lighthearted tune on the guitar seemed like a contradiction to me, so I decided to take it a step further. More contrast is created by adding injury to her body with the cut on her chest and a dark redness in her eyes, but the color scheme is rather peachy and the style intentionally flattened to play into the air of lightheartedness.
Willow Gelphman
“Study of Cat Person 1”
Digital
20–minute study of model using gesture drawing techniques.
“Study of Cat Person 2”
Digital
10–minute study of model using gesture drawing techniques.
“Study of Dog Person 1”
Digital
20–minute study of model using gesture drawing techniques.