Contour watercolor paintings

Both of these pictures are contour watercolor portraits, fist done in sharpie then colored with watercolors.  Because they were contour drawings I can't really judge them on the anatomy or look of them.  Both turned out actually really good, but I could have used more of the page.

Watercolor shell paintings

This was two pictures of shells on watercolor paper.  Each one was fist done in pencil then colored over with watercolors.  There could have been more shading both of them but I feel they turned out good for my fist shell paintings

Illusion Cube

These are pictures of my illusion cube that we made in the second week of class.  On each side of the cube is a different optical illusion.  The cube was done in hb pencil and in colored pencils.  I feel like if I did it again I would try harder on making them more of an illusion.

Foundation art pictures

Theses are my fist three pictures of Drawing I, they were foundation pictures of a portrat, still life, and observational nature picture.  They were all done in hb pencil and took me about an hour to complete each.  This set of pictures are the foundation for all my other drawing, and gives me something to compare my work now too.

Skeleton sketchbook drawings

These pictures are all done in hb pencil and are in my sketchbook.   Each page took me about 1 to 1 1/2 hours to do.  The drawing also helped me get a feel for drawing the human anatomy.

Actor Painting

This is an all acrylic painting of Robert Downey Jr..  By far my favorite painting I have ever done up til now.  Took me about a week or so to finish the entire portrait.  I really look all the highlights and shading, it looks just like the picture I based it off of.  I know already this is going right up in my room so I can remember how good I drew in High School.

Nature painting

This is a watercolor/acrylic painting of a cherry blossom.  The petals, the inside of the blossom and the sky are all done in watercolors while the tree branches and the stamen are done in acrylic.  I feel like the paper got a little to wrinkled and damaged and it really affected the look of the background.  Also the branches look a little dark so I could have added more lighter colors to the acrylic.

Orphan Drawing

This was a drawing of an orphan from Cambodia.  The whole picture was done in colored pencils.  In the end I feel like I could have done a lot better, especially around the mouth.  I like the shading in the skin and face but the colored pencils could have been blended better.  I still like the picture and it is one to remember in the future.