Classic Skull

This is a 13x11.5 drawing of a skull on some cloth. The first layer on this drawing is gradients made with different pencils ranging from 2H to 8B. Once all the details and gradients were completed I added a yellow/brown wash over the skull, and a red/brown wash over the cloth. The colors really allowed for each thing to pop out and I thought made it even more classical. My details and gradients turned out to be really good. I also enjoyed the simplicity between the white background and the rest of it. The one thing I could have done better is maybe applied the wash a bit more evenly. It was my first time doing a wash so it was hard to tell if it was right or not.

Happier Times

This is a 14x13 multi-layer painting of a skull. I started out with an expressionist painting layer that compose of achrilic paint and me showing brush strokes. It then progressed into an India ink layer to create definition and differentiation between different parts of the skull. With the India ink I also did some dripping effect to add another layer of thought. I finished out with some oil pastels to try and add some more white to the highlights. I think the best part about this was all the different layers and how the merged into one. The shadow at the bottom of the skull could have been a little better but over all I was very pleased.

La Mejor Mano

This is an experimental 12x12 charcoal drawing. Experimental in the sense that the canvas was created by adding multiple layers of tissue paper with glue. That added texture to the drawing as well as made it very hard to work on. All the bumps and imperfections of the canvas made it hard to blend and get the best gradient possible. I finished with an oil pastel heart beat in the background to add another layer of though as well as make it more dynamic.