My freehand style of work was borne out of a weekly assignment for a high school art class more than ten years ago. I use this style mostly to capture city skylines, buildings, or street corners. I emphasize contrasting colors and loose perspective through hatching, cross-hatching, and varied line styles. Because I mostly use a …
When relating complex buildings and structures to two-dimensional media, holding symmetry and perspective true can inundate the page with detail. One of the best techniques I have found to capture these elements is by weighting lines that appear equal in real life, differently on paper. This approach, combined with clean-cut lines, alludes to the complexity …
While the clean cut lines of marker capture certain industrial structures best, nothing combines control and the richness of color like oil pastel. In keeping with the color variants oil pastel offer, my pieces in this media tend to capture people and nature scenes. Because oil pastel does not lend the same precise edges as …
Sometimes the most sincere way to connect with an object of choice is a blank sheet of paper and a few pencils. My pieces in this media are mostly done with soft graphite to take advantage of a greater range of shades and for more ease in blending.