This week's drawing homework

I turned in this drawing today. The assignment was to draw 2 boxes, three bottles and something else that starts with b. The bottles were to show how well we understand elipses, but I didn't know that and chose a milk carton, which is mostly square, and a big juice bottle (the black one; grape juice.) I didn't realize I needed 3 bottles until I had drawn in all the others. Hence, the bottle at the far right, almost off the page. I need to plan better - my bowl is almost off the page, too. And, in case you didn't notice, I've drawn "breakfast." Another b word.

Latest Piece

This is called Blue: Last. It's 40" wide by 29" high. I named it that because I'm trying to get away from using so much blue, and I just finished reading The Blue Last by Martha Grimes. I finished this piece yesterday, except for the sleeve. Mostly these days I use velcro and plexiglass, but this piece is going into a show that requires a sleeve.

Here is a detail. I used lots of different threads, rayon, cotton and specialty threads, such as metallics and pearly rayon.

This week's drawing

This is my homework for yesterday's drawing class. The assignment was to do a representational line drawing that showed the concept of unity and the effects of cropping. I chose the cups because I was fairly confident that I could render them recognizably. There are a lot of problems with this drawing (and the photo of it, too!) and it will be interesting to see as the semester goes on how much I improve.

Poppies

I've had an urge to use poppy images for a while now. Probably due to the war, white poppies being a symbol of death. Anyway, this is one I finished recently. I've been messing with it for a while, and finally decided that it was finished. The poppies are white fabric with white zig zag embroidery. The background is collaged, and stitched vertically.

One of my goals is to understand perspective better, and use it more effectively. To that end, I've enrolled in a drawing class at the local college, and I need to go finish my homework - class is at 2 this afternoon. After the homework is finished, I'll post a photo of it, along with a description of the assignment.