first figure paintings

This was the last painting I did from the painting class

It's been ages since I've done any blogging...well, aside from the figure drawing classes that I have been attending religiously, I also started a figure painting class with Randy Sexton, an artist who has taught a lot of my co-workers at Pixar. He's a brilliant painter, and a great teacher too. I was a little embarrassed to post my paintings, but now that the 8 weeks of classes are done (we didn't get to paint every week, so there aren't 8 paintings), I felt like it's worth sharing. I see improvement in my work, and although I'm far from where I want to be, I'm proud that I took the first step in taking this class.

Hope to continue with this in the Long pose nights...
week 1

week 2

week 3

week 4

seeing double

it's been a while--I've been busy sewing actually :)
So I finally DID finish the dress I started posting/blogging about for the last 2 months. Then I had enough leftover fabric to make a top! I actually like wearing it b/c it fits me well and i didn't pay for it!

forgotten sketch

I think this was from last month...keep forgetting to date my drawings. Honestly, lately I've been throwing a lot of my sketches away out of frustration. But I took a shot of this one a while back, and just got it uploaded. It's ok...for now. : \

dress update

I finally put the zipper in the dress that I've been making for many months now...I guess now that summer's pretty much over I don't feel too motivated to finish it...but the zipper took a little while to set in b/c I'm used to the invisible zipper, and this one required a different technique. Well, I'm just out of practice, if you really want to know the truth..

There's not really much left on the dress! Just hemming it up and putting in a hook and eye...why is it taking me so long?!

A new month!

Did a bit better yesterday--still feeling like my drawings aren't improving much--or just getting tired of the same poses and models...don't know. But it's still good to keep at it! These are all 1-minute poses that felt like 30 seconds in reality. : P

The Doodling Continues...

I have been so busy that I haven't been able to post my latest drawings...that and I haven't really been feeling that good about drawing. I guess I go through phases...but here are some of the ones I've done that are decent. Consider this a recap of the month of August. :)

not-so-new project

I started making this dress maybe 2 months ago, but ever since I ran into a slight problem (the front gathering made me look pregnant, so I have to change it somehow), I have abandoned the project. But I wanted to post the process so that one day when it's done I can see how far I've come.
I got the fabric from Clement street in SF, and it's actually the same fabric that one of the anthropologie tops is made out of! (Anthro is my fav store in the world, except I can't afford any of it...so I try to make things that look like they're from Anthro. hehe)