January 25, 2006

Drawing while frustrated at work...




I have been so burnt out on work lately and have resented my cell phone for so long that I decided I would draw my biggest enemy. I despise this piece of technology, I think it has detracted from my quality of life, and I think it evil. Evil, evil, evil. It makes my cheeks and temples hot after talking for more than 5 minutes, which convinces me that I am going to get some kind of tumor in my head...it's ring makes my chest tighten everytime it goes off...it is a burden. And yes, I turn the ringer off and sometimes turn the power off but that just means that I have to listen to tens of messages later. And then call people back. Ugh. Anyway, I rarely leave much of a comment on my blog but I had to vent. I will say that drawing the phone was a nice distraction...until the damn thing rang while I was drawing it! I swear it was mocking me. I can't win!

January 15, 2006

EDMs 9 & 22



Organized Chaos and Clothing.

Trying to combine EDM's here. This isn't quite finished but my clothes got rearranged so I couldn't finish the drawing the following day.

EDM 26




Draw Anything You Like.

My little jar of Boots Wonderbalm. I doodled this on a Post-It when I was placed on hold at work.

December 18, 2005

EDM Draw in public



My first attempt at drawing in public. This is the new marquee for Key West's Tropic Cinema. Very art deco. From one block away, looking north, you see the bright colors and curves juxtaposed against the very cubist angles of St. Paul's Episcopal church on Duval street. One day I will attempt to draw that view. I'm not quite there with perspective when it comes to buildings and angles, especially when trying to draw quickly. Regardless, it was fun and my half hour of waiting before my movie flew by.
The next drawing was my attempt at drawing the lobby of the theater. Big mistake! Lots of angles, curves, pipes, colors, depth...a lot of visual informationt to organize. Maybe next time I'll get it down more accurately.

P.S. The flower was something I saw in my yard in the morning that I tried sketching from memory hours later.

December 11, 2005

EDM 8 - A piece of Jewelry



This is a pendant I bought at a local art gallery. It's only about an inch square but I thought it would be neat to fill up the page and draw it huge.

EDM 3 - Wallet



My wallet with a 5 dollar bill scanned in and added with Photoshop.