Will Garner
Shawn McPheron 
Christopher Little
Ashley Cornelius
Alex KennedyThe evening drawing class looked at the expressive potentials of their hands, and they explored that idea with many different interpretations. Will Garner mapped life's abrasions; Shawn McPheron contemplated his call to the visual arts, particularly drawing; Chris Little did some searching into physics and the metaphysical; Ashley Cornelius explored her own personal library of symbols and paid respectful homage to Annie McCollum's work; Alex Kennedy picked up an unfinished beer and had an epiphany.
There were other strong interpretations, some that still need further thought and processing, but for the most part it's an enlightening group of drawings that allow us to see how everyone saw their subjects, and how those points-of-view related to each individual expressing themselves through images.
I really admire Chris's direction. I could see a whole series of these exploring the Metaphysical. Playing the college game makes it difficult for me to devote an enormous amount of time into a drawing. At times I have tons of spare time for drawing and thinking about direction. At other times it seems like I just have to put pencil to paper and press on. I guess most production artists would feel the same way faced with a deadline. Sometimes, I have to find my empty beer bottle like Alex and just get the job done. I think everyone did a great job with the assignment. I can see expressions in the actual form and even expressions in choice of media and format.
ReplyDeletePreston Arts Center is having a sale this weekend. I got a 20 percent discount coupon in my email today. Might be a good time to restock. They are also doing a walking tour in New Albany.
ReplyDeleteHere is the text from my email:
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If any one is interested a once in a life time exhibit is showing at Mellwood. I think it is a great opportunity to see the true muscle structure of the human anatomy. Over 100 human specimens with the skin removed that are preserved in a polymer. The are posed in real life situations to see the true movement of the muscle structure. Check out link on Mellwood's website. It does cost 12 dollars for students. Sorry if this freaks some people out.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link for the exhibit.
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I haven't seen this exhibit yet, but am planning to get over there this week. I think anyone who is getting involved with life drawing, creating images based on the figure, it is a must see. When I took life drawing in Cincinnati, we went to the morgue on one occasion to draw from cadavers. The experience was initially pretty shocking and a few students were not able to stay for the entire sitting. However, the figures in the Mellwood exhibit are much different, perhaps less life-like because of the process to plasticize them. But the benefits of seeing, possibly sketching the dynamic of the muscles in action would be a great experience for all of us. I wish the evening class could make a field trip out of it; I'll check about evening hours.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW86DTpWWpM
I really enjoyed the Crit and think we have a lot of talented people in our class, it's always inspiring to see creative process at work.
ReplyDeleteI love Ashley's piece, I saw that in our classroom the other day. I think it is very interesting to look at, it keeps you guessing and trying to figure out where it is going.I thought the hands looked very realistic.
ReplyDeletewhen I first started drawing I always drew hands. My favorite interpretation shown is Ashley Cornelius's artwork. It's really good and I really like the darkness of the hands compared to the bright background.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Will's approach to the drawing. He had a very simple idea but executed it very well. Although his drawing was simple visually it was very complex with it's meaning. I think that he did a great job with balancing the two.
ReplyDeleteI loved the use of color in Alex's piece. I couldn't keep my eyes off the intense range of colors, awesome job.
ReplyDeleteI like the piece by Will..I'm really enjoying the approach he used and how well the background mixes with the hands..
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoy Alex's piece..awesome use of color.
I really enjoyed Ashley's piece as I saw it on the wall during class on Monday, but I also like the piece by Shawn because of the pencilwork. I can definitely learn from this because I tend to still want to use the blending stumps a little too much. :D
ReplyDeleteI personally like the one with the beer. I think in part because when I took the Studio 2D I did a painting with a liquid in it and I think they can be quite difficult to do. For my painting it wasn't so bad because the liquid was clear and you just had to show more pure colors filtering through. With the beer being and amber sort of color I think it makes it a bit more difficult.
ReplyDeleteBut, I think they all turned out well.
I like the colors in Alex's also but the tension in the hand made a nice composition.
ReplyDeleteThis exercise never gets old. Our hands are amazing part of our body and can tell you alot about ourselves. Sorry I was sick for the critique, but got to see most, they were really good studies of the hands. I enjoy this project very much.
ReplyDeleteI really like Alex's drawing! It is amazing how you captured the hand, how it is extended with the bottle. It is really life-like. I'm definitely impressed!
ReplyDeleteAll of them were amazing. I think the last two are my favorite. The beer bottle looks like you could just grab it right off of the paper.
ReplyDeleteI like Chris's piece better before he re-did it with the gold. The red and white circles remind me of work done by Jasper Johns. I always like the concepts in his pieces and that they are more contemporary with modern influences.
ReplyDeleteI can say after seeing these pictures in color I would love to start using more color in my F100 class.
ReplyDeleteAfter attempting to draw my hand in our last drawing we have to do for the semester I can say it was very hard so I am very impressed by some of those drawings of hands...expecially in such awkward positions. I think the awkwardness of my hand in the photo I tried to copy was my down fall.
ReplyDeletepretty cool, greats ways of portraying hands. feet would be the next level up lol. would be very interesting.
ReplyDeletei always liked pitures with hands...for some reason they were always appealing to me...i like christopers alot..i like pictures that are balack and white and also a little color..you would think that it would draw the eye away from the center but it dont...it is really well balanced
ReplyDeleteI also like shawns...it is shaded very well..the dtail is great..and the colors in wills is nice too..
ReplyDeleteI love the detail put into these pictures. The one with the man resting on his hands is a classic act of relaxation and makes me think about sitting back a "resting."
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the range of use of color in these, from the simplicity of Christopher's targeted hands to the intensity of Alex's beer-tipping hands. The use of stroke in Will's and the light touch of color in Shawn's certainly made me take a double-take. Beautiful.
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