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Saturday, January 30, 2016

King Tide

I love this little drawing. It is very small. It was inspired by a picture a friend of mine took along the Benicia waterline after a king tide.

Arts Benicia 2015 Auction Donation

Mike Kendall...the mayor of the Benicia aresenal! I was proud that this donation was purchased by a reputable local collector. Mike was so happy I chose him to draw! I might have to do a different local artist each year from now on!

Oil Pastels

This past year, I started teaching adult classes using oil pastels. These are some of the samples I made with my students. I have been really enjoying getting more into this medium!

A Student Project

I like to show off the work of my middle school kids sometimes! Last year, they proudly reproduced, with a grid enlarging method, this image of Disney princesses. We are actually working on two new ones now. I said no more princesses! We did a similar one to this the year before!

Some Commissions from 2015

I have been behind on my posts! Here are a few commissions from this last year. Again, when it's a commission, there is little personal interpretation. I think I made the clients happy!

Bryan. Sadly, Bryan passed away too young. A friend of his mother's asked me to do this drawing for her.

Each year, I donate something to the BMS auction. This year, it was a caricature of friends. The parents of one of these girls purchased it. They loved it!

This portrait was purchased by one of my students who wanted to give her parents a special anniversary gift. I was honored to work for one of my kids! And impressed that she wanted to spend her money on art for her parents!

This one is also from a school auction, but from a couple of years ago. It was purchased by students as well! These girls rode horses and wanted a portrait of their favorite horse. The position is their choice. Again, honored when kids want to spend their money on art!

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Caricatures

At a co-workers request, I started doing some caricatures. I started with our Benicia Middle School principal, Mike Minahen, then also did the lovely Cathy Wright, our BMS drama teacher. All of this lead to me teaching a caricature class to my adult Arts Benicia students!

Done for the kids' table at a wedding...caricatures of the bride and groom! This will be used as a coloring page.

Cathy

Mike

Arts Benicia Adult Classes

I wanted to share some of my adult student work! I am so proud of my beginning drawers and the challenges they take on. This is a melange of photos from different classes including portrait drawing, life drawing, cartooning and caricatures.