Bill Perkins - Class One

We worked in Black and White Bill Perkins 1st Class at LAAFA. He talked about chiaroscuto vs. notan. I will type up my notes at a later date and add them to this post.

Head Drawing

I went to Mark Schwartz's Saturday Head Drawing Class. I think I am getting a little better since the winter with Glen Orbik although I still have a long way to go.

This is my final piece for Saturday.
Mark was explaining to me how the light works on the eye. I think I understood. My eyes always tend to be flat.

Here are my quick sketches of the head. I always seem to have problems with them.

Taste of the Orient

These our my paintings from the Gallery Girls oriental themed painting workshop at California Art Institue Last Sunday. I don't care for the first one but I love the second one.

More Heads

My quest to draw the head continues. Here are some heads I did at Studio II.

Quick Sketch - 3 sessions

Here is a sample of quick sketch I have done over the last week. It represents work done in 2 of Chris Hero's unistructed workshops and one of Israel Martinez's tuesday night drawing classes.

This is Israel Martinez's Demo he did one my pad. He has a real gentle beautiful drawing style.
This is my drawing.

These are some of my drawings at Chris Hero's Uninstructed workshop at Studio II at the Helms Bakery. My drawings have been affected by my rotator cuff problems I have been having lately. The drawings are very stiff and I feel in pain much of the time when I am drawing.

These are in Israel's Class.

These are at Studio II.

This is in Israel's Class.

Character Design - Hymn of the Pearl

I've been working on character designs for my graphic novel. Hymn of the Pearl. Above is prince Abdagases.

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Here is Minisha, the Soldier
The treasurer

Gaspar the hero/anti-hero

A line up of the men in the first chapter

Abdagases, Gaspar's sadistic older brother and heir to the throne.

Abhay, Minisha's handsome younger sidekick and also a soldier. A line up of the women in the first chapter

Zohreh, the greedy brothel owner.

Kama, the prostitute that Gaspar falls in love with.

The queen's sorceress skilled in Zoroastrian fire cult.

Indo-Parthian Queen Rantha

King Gondophres

Color Sketches

Here are some more of my color sketches. These are from a book I had on the Silk Road. These are color sketches 21 to 24.

These are from some photos I took at Diaz Lake when I was on the Manzanar Workshop. These are #25, 26 and 27.