Bonus Sketches

I counted my post and I've already posted enough (I think), but I feel bad about the bird homework and wanted to post some bonus sketches that I did one Saturday earlier on, at around Halloween.  I figure it can't hurt!

 Drawing some models and a student during Tardino's "Art Explorer Post"

This was one of the decorations on the food table at the halloween party the high school kids had.

Yikes, the birds!

Man, I can't stand when something slips my mind like that, sorry for having these a little late.

Here are the videos used:
Golden Eagle
Birds collide
Slow motion hummingbird
Starling Takeoff
Cock Fight

I found this cool video of birds accidentally colliding over a piece of food.  That's what the two top and the bottom left one are from.  The lower middle and right ones are from a slow motion hummingbird.  I found this very interesting, as the wings appear to twist as they flap, in the way that bees do.  It's part of the secret of how they generate enough lift with the size of their wings.

Here are some starlings taking off (great video), though the lower right corner one is an eagle-- I had no idea their legs were THAT long!

The two on the left of this image are two roosters fighting (no this isn't one of those illegal mediated fights, they just did it on their own.  Obnoxious video though.)  The one on the right is another eagle.

The book!

Here's a link to the book I made from my sketches.  Hope it arrives on time!

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Observational Sketching: Fall 2010 by Kirsten Zirngibl | Make Your Own Book

Day 24: Franklin Park Conservatory

Big thanks for setting this up!  I don't have a whole lot of experience sketching foliage, but I do enjoy it.  It was also nice to do something a little more illustration-esque (see the little figure down in the lower right?).

There's something kind of "old" looking about it though, but I know that's not a "bad" thing...

Day 23: In Class

Lots of music!  I tried change around the musician character.

First here's a classic "strong man act".  Haha

Tried to make these more gestural and make the style of the cello match that of the player...

Had to make a student into an old lady, hehe.  Always fun... 

Day 22: OSU Student Union

What a building!  I loved the interior of this place as soon as I walked in, so I decided to do an environment.
I didn't have a ruler or anything, and I found that using the side of a charcoal pencil is a lot "messier" and less exact than a colored pencil.  I also didn't plan out the composition beforehand, but started with that window and worked my way outward, which led to problems that I thought I could erase, but the charcoal didn't erase as well as I thought it would.
Let's just say if I did it again I'm pretty sure I could do it better...

Day 21: North Market

Yay, I always love our trips here!

I tried charcoal pencil out for the first time this class.  I actually liked it more than I was expecting, in some ways more than black colored pencil.  I felt that the added friction aided in more sharp and precise lines.  I'll definitely keep one with me in the future.

Had fun with the flowers.  I realized it'd been a long time since I'd drawn any "foliage".  All about positive and negative shapes.