WHY DRAWING?
Supposedly, we are not able to truly see something until we have drawn it. I’ve found that this holds true not just in fine art, but in thinking through design solutions as well. Thus, I consider drawing to be an invaluable skill. The fine art pieces below may not be design concepts, but they too required conceptual and technical problem-solving skills to complete.
The GOAT
After multiple painstaking sessions of sitting in the same chair for several hours and staring at the same goat in a taxidermy exhibit, I’m proud to present…Tom Brady. (Haha!) This final version is rendered on gray paper with black and white charcoal pencils.
I liked this drawing so much that I uploaded it to my Redbubble and bought it on a shirt for myself.
Sunflowers
The physical version of this piece is five feet tall, and it is based on an actual pair of sunflowers that size. This drawing is comprised of several layers of mixed media including charcoal, acrylic and watercolor paint, and pen and ink.
The Tree Machine
What if nature looked like a machine? It’d look like this: a tree with massive screws and drill bits for branches, inside a shell of a factory. I first drew the tree in proportion to a real tree, and then carefully copied it line for line onto a larger piece of paper. The screw and machine effect was added later with a thin brush pen.