Visited the Palette and Chisel again and got some more little life drawings done. I was not attempting to get a likeness by any means, as the poses are far too quick to do so, but these are more studies in light, tone and shadow. It's always good to work from a model.
These are a few of the recent life drawings I have done at the Palette and Chisel in Chicago during their open life drawing sessions. I have been wanting to do some more watercolor and pencil work like this since my sophomore year in college where my wonderful instructor Mat Barber-Kennedy exposed me for the first time to this technique and way of working with the figure. I hope I can get up there more often and really improve this.
This is my final painting for the 2011 TaTa Gala exhibition. All proceeds from the gala go to benefit various breast cancer charities. October is breast cancer awareness month and I was very glad to do my part for the cause...
This is the inked version of my pervious post. The original work is done in Copic sepia pens so that when I paint it the line is less distracting than the dark black mark of a traditional ink line. I've done this in the past and the results are fantastic. When I scan these sepia lines I opt to make them as black as I can so if I decide to digitally paint this one as well, I have a crisp black line to work from.
These paintings are the complete companion set to my twenty painting series titled "The Devil's Cup." 
This is a postcard I was hired to design for a new event coming in 2011 called The Hollow Project. It's basically an event that focuses on women's issues of self-esteem and eating disorders and creates a night of inspiring music and real, honest conversations about the issues women face today.
