Sketchscratch

sleepers are the best to draw

2011-05-06T07:53:00.000-07:00

I moved to Brooklyn! and I love it.

2011-05-05T06:07:00.000-07:00

Star Wars (sometimes i just draw from memory...)

2011-05-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

quick portraits

2011-05-04T10:10:00.000-07:00

Some quick portraits I did on the subway.

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2011-01-19T19:08:00.001-08:00

It's been a while

2011-01-19T19:02:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am still alive. I am still drawing and working like a mad dog....but not doing art, just working. Bullshit work, other work. Save, Load, Upload, Retouch blah blah blah. Then more work and work GGGAAAHHH...anyways here are some drawings.

one of three

2010-05-10T22:09:00.000-07:00

I did three sketches on the train the other day, the one person sitting across from me asked if he could have the drawing i did of him. I have given away many of my drawings, I can never say no, it had a drawing on each side of the small bristol pad, and now i wish i had more stuff to scan...Oh well lucky for me i can always make more :)

By the way, here is a short essay I wrote for class last week about this sketch project...

Perhaps one day we will be able to step into a box and be whisked away to another location in seconds. Travel is speeding up by the evolving new technology, but we still find ourselves stuffed into crowded trains, buses and plains. Public transportation is a public space where people rarely interact with each other, and behave in a predetermined unspoken manner. My work deals with the culture of the commuters, and what it is to be placed into a controlled environment like the subway train. The enclosed feeling of being underground with strangers is part of the experience living in a modern city of the 21st century. Transportation has changed in the last century from luxury leisure, to a dire necessity to travel long distances daily. My work captures the current human condition of an urban environment because it highlights those moments of isolation and discomfort while riding in public. In 2004 I started a project drawing strangers on trains, planes and buses to capture their pose and expression. These portraits are not commissioned works and they highlight one individual regardless of their age, race or style. This can be related to Anthony Appiah’s idea of the cosmopolitan. To live in a city is to be exposed to many different cultures in public places like the subway. How people behave in such environments affects the relationships between existing cultures in the city. My work highlights the behavior as well as the specific individuals partaking in the activity of travel.

As we have discussed culture is made and being made, my drawings embody that idea because they are drawn from life. The collection of drawings shows real people who live in New York, with attention to the details of their apparel and expression. My experience of the space is also an element present in the drawing because it is done on site. The jerky motion of the train produces lines that are unique to the experience and can be seen in this drawing. The drawings should be shown in a museum because they are not commissioned portraits of the privileged or noble individuals, but the real citizens of this city. They should have the opportunity to see themselves and reflect on their own experience. We experience culture and construct culture, so it is important to reflect on the current condition of living in 21st century city. Drawing from life may seem like an outdated form of documentation because of the development of photography and video, but I believe that it creates a better human relationship to the environment around us without the use of technology.

Sarah Brown

2010-05-10T21:43:00.000-07:00

Sarah Brown, beauty editor at Vogue came to our class to talk about what it takes to be in a fashion cult magazine like Vogue, and the disposable nature of interns.... quite interesting discussion. She was very nice and informative, and very well dressed, I did my best to capture her in a few minutes while i had a chance.

bug

2010-04-28T10:09:00.000-07:00

Here is a drawing of a bug.

Rock the NY Yankees hat

2010-04-15T15:47:00.000-07:00

This guy was intensly explaining something to his friend, I don't know what he was saying cus I had my headphones in.

Painting sketch

2010-04-05T00:02:00.000-07:00

This is how I start most of my portrait paintings, working out light direction and composition. Make little notes and shit on the side, I haven't figured it all out yet....

Cartoons

2010-03-21T22:40:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite things to do is sketch while watching my favorite cartoons...Powerpuff girls marathon on cartoon network and my Rocko's Modern Life.

Young Peope

2010-03-11T23:00:00.000-08:00

School Sketches and Bob Kerry

2010-03-01T17:57:00.000-08:00

Some people I go to school with...
Bob Kerry, the president of The New School gave a guest lecture in one of my classes last semester. He was unprepared, and showed some images off google and then just ran off before the class was over. I'm not sure what the point of it was, except it made me realize that the idiot running my school is full of bs.

Bowtie

2010-02-28T18:05:00.001-08:00

It's always fun to see someone with a bow-tie, of course I had to draw him.

another sketch

2010-02-19T09:53:00.000-08:00

Hey! its been a while. Here is a sketch of an old lady who was real tan and dressed like a teenager. I just had to draw her! I guess we would all like to stay young forever...

Graphite Rules

2009-11-17T19:23:00.000-08:00

Recently I got back to painting, and concurrently got back to drawing with a graphite 4B pencil instead of my automatic 0.7mm pencil. I like it more because I can get a better line range. Automatic pencils are very convenient on trains and on long trips because you don't have to sharpen them and they stay precise. However, when I paint I place the shadow shapes first and then work on the detail, so with a real pencil it is much easier and faster to achieve that. Drawing and painting for me is related, what I learn on paper through my sketches influences the mars I make on canvas. Also I feel better connected to the paper when I use a real pencil, charcoal or graphite stick. I can use it directly on the page without any mechanics and really transmit what I am seeing with my eyes onto the page. I must say that I really envy people who can draw with a ballpoint pen (and I know some who do it extremely well). For some reason, I can never get that 'ink goo' filled ball tip to move the way I want. I mean it is really a great tool, but I just feel frustrated and disconnected using it. Anyway, thought you would like to know what kind of graphite I use and i hope you like my drawing :)

Suberbia

2009-11-10T20:57:00.000-08:00

I went home to visit friends and family this passed weekend, and I got an opprotunity to sketch some great suburban faces :)

Super Smash Bros.

2009-11-10T12:28:00.000-08:00

A page out of my sketchbook. I drew all this from my memory, mostly during lecture. It is funny how inaccurate I drew some characters, especially Yoshi and Bauser, but I still like to practice drawing from memory.

commuters

2009-11-10T12:24:00.000-08:00

still alive and drawing.

K8 Hardy

2009-10-21T13:44:00.001-07:00

K8 Hardy, performance and video artist, she was our guest in lecture yesterday.
Ann Snitow, my professor for Intro to Feminist Thought and Action.

her name is cat

2009-10-02T07:33:00.001-07:00

Cat is sleeping on Natasha's lap.

My sister Natasha

2009-09-27T20:49:00.000-07:00

Quick sketch I did of my sister on the subway. She is an amazing person, and my best friend.

lecture

2009-09-14T15:53:00.001-07:00

sketch I did during lecture today, I was still paying attention and taking notes!

I'm back from my travels

2009-09-09T10:43:00.000-07:00

On the plane from Kyrgyzstan

Sketches from the London Underground, London, UK.

Waiting in line at the Post Office

2009-07-27T20:50:00.000-07:00

I went to the Post Office on Saturday afternoon and stood in line for good forty five minutes. But I did get some drawing done, there were a lot of parents with their kids waiting in the Passport line so I got to sketch kids and babies for the first time! I did a number of sketches, but the kids move so damn fast it's very hard to get a good gesture.

Courtroom Sketches

2009-07-24T19:20:00.000-07:00

Foot study and sketches from court, it's not the usual but I hope you like.

Man with a Hat

2009-07-16T08:15:00.001-07:00

Man with a stylish hat on path train from Grove st to 14th st. He kept moving his arms, so I could not get the placement quite right and he's missing one arm, but overall I like the sketch.

Lost

2009-07-11T09:57:00.000-07:00

So, I left my friend at a station cuz I spaced out while doing this drawing. The doors closed before I could get off the train! It was awful because she's not the type you can leave alone anywhere, especially Brooklyn. The drama was intense!! Was this drawing totally worth it?

Eddie Stabz

2009-07-11T09:54:00.000-07:00

Eddie Stabz working on a drawing for a tattoo at the Brooklyn Ink Spot, Brooklyn NY

deja vu

2009-07-04T09:43:00.000-07:00

While doing this drawing, I realized that my sketches show my nostalgia for the past. I see that the features of this woman's face are similar to my mothers, and that my compositions relate to my family's old photographs. It is hard for me to point out exactly what I am trying to capture when I draw from life, but I do get into that moment of flow when my eyes see and my hand follows. My mind wonders about subjects unrelated, and sometimes I don't think at all, its like meditation almost. Drawing keeps me sane, and sometimes makes me completely neurotic but I love it.

Man on the 4 Train, Manhattan

2009-07-04T09:28:00.000-07:00

This is the Manhattan bound 4 train, stand clear of the closing doors please.

Old Couple on Path Train NJ

2009-06-30T07:59:00.001-07:00

Drawing of an old couple riding the Path train, this is from one of my old sketchbooks 2007. The subject in this drawing is making eye contact with the viewer. I rarely do this because it makes me feel uneasy that the subject doesn't know I am drawing them. I wanted to capture the old woman's worried expression and her strong grip on her husband's arm. I remember repeating to myself while I was drawing this "Don't loose it, get everything, don't loose it." I think I got it, and I like this drawing very much :)

People Talking

2009-06-29T19:52:00.000-07:00

It's always a challenge to draw people talking, I was trying to capture their conversation but it came out one sided. I will practice this...

2 Train to Franklin Ave.

2009-06-26T21:30:00.001-07:00

Two Women

2009-06-24T09:24:00.001-07:00

Real city cops take the subway

2009-06-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

people of NYC

2009-06-11T12:51:00.000-07:00

Reading

2009-06-11T08:57:00.000-07:00

Path Train

2009-06-11T08:45:00.000-07:00

late night train

2009-06-11T08:39:00.000-07:00

tired drunkies coming from Hoboken.

Brooklyn Ink Spot

2009-06-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

I am apprenticing at the Brooklyn Ink Spot, follow my progress at http://tattoohoney.blogspot.com/

Q Train

2009-06-09T13:08:00.001-07:00

Q train, Union Sq to Atlantic. I got a piece chocolate for doing this drawing. Boy, am happy to get paid with chocolate currency, I just wish i could pay rent that way.

Newark Bus 73

2009-06-09T13:04:00.001-07:00

Newark Bus 73. Livingston to Newark Penn Station

mike

2009-05-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

Work in Progress

2009-05-22T14:24:00.000-07:00

Portrait of my sister, oil on canvas. Still working on it...

2009-05-22T12:40:00.000-07:00

Shar Pei

2009-05-20T11:06:00.000-07:00

Drawing of my dog Arthur, also known as "Poppet".

Writer

2009-05-20T10:51:00.000-07:00

Hendrix

2009-05-18T17:22:00.000-07:00

old illustration got a face lift

2009-05-16T21:02:00.001-07:00

2009-05-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

Portrait

2009-05-14T11:11:00.001-07:00

my handsome momo <3

Model

2009-05-14T10:39:00.000-07:00

rain

2009-05-14T09:49:00.001-07:00

another day, another sketch

2009-05-14T09:41:00.000-07:00

Viktor Koen

2009-05-14T09:31:00.000-07:00

Sketch of my professor Viktor Koen. i think this sketch describes his personality and mood every morning in his favorite pose during a critique. He is a great teacher and amazing illustrator, Viktor Koen's portfolio.

ART TK Senior Show Tonight!!!!

2009-05-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

3/9/09

2009-03-09T09:37:00.000-07:00

march 09

2009-03-09T09:29:00.000-07:00

tourist

2009-02-17T20:26:00.000-08:00

Drawing of a German tourist on the Path train. This is one of my favorite drawings I have done so far.

Old Sketchbook

2009-01-14T10:51:00.001-08:00

cat scratches

2009-01-14T10:45:00.000-08:00

Newark Penn. to New Brunswick

drawing the elderly

2008-12-31T11:19:00.001-08:00

2008-12-31T11:17:00.000-08:00

man with a cane

2008-12-31T11:16:00.000-08:00

doddle

2008-12-31T10:35:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn Ink Spot

2008-12-19T14:48:00.001-08:00

This is a life drawing of my boyfriend getting his first tattoo. I wanted to capture the the essence of the inking process and show the relationship between two friends. This drawing is for Ed of Brooklyn Ink Spot.

Train sketch

2008-12-19T11:02:00.000-08:00

Elderly woman placing stamps on holiday envelopes. NJ Path Jernal Sq.

Itch

2008-12-19T10:56:00.000-08:00

city sketches.

2008-11-09T21:24:00.000-08:00