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Little Jeffie reading the newest Harry Potter book, July 2007.

Life drawing of a man with moustache.
From my 482A Drawing class, at UCLA, taught by Glenn Vilppu.
Fall Quarter, 2006

I finished my graduate school applications and ended up applying to four different places. I struggled for a while with my artist’s statement, but received some great feedback from my brother and Dad — so thanks you two! Also, thanks to my gorgeous Angie for all your support too (and for watching the Brother’s Quay with me)!

Anyway, Angie and I are moving again tomorrow (*groan*), so I probably won’t be posting anything until the end of next week. See you all soon.

Also, above is a drawing of my brother. I drew this some years ago in a medical school morgue surrounded by cadavers. I had the brilliant idea for a painting and somehow managed to convince my poor brother Allister to sit in the morgue with me whilst I drew him as part of a study for my planned masterpiece.

Another painting derived from some characters and imagery in my sketchbook. This was created with acrylic and Sakura pens on a 9″ x 9″ piece of paper. I was excited to try my new tube of silver acrylic paint; I’ve never used silver or gold before, but have both pigments now. So expect to see some more tests with silver and gold. I also bought some acrylic glazing medium which I also used in this piece.

The original sketch of the character in the middle of the painting can be seen below.

I thought I would change the scale a bit for this one, but it didn’t quite turn out as I had hoped.

Created with acrylic, gouache, coloured pencil and sakura pens
(5 1/2″ x 5″)

I’m trying to do a painting a day, even if only on a small scale. I’m also trying to pay attention to my edges and work on tighter brushwork.

Made with acrylic, gouache and sakura pens on watercolour paper
(5 1/2″ x 4″)

Made with acrylic, gouache, coloured pencil and sakura pens.

Created with Sakura Microns, coloured pencils, watercolour, gouache and paper collage.

Here’s a pic of the Sakuras I use :)