Skeletons

While I was taking a photography class my instructor allowed me to go visit an art class down the hall and on one of those days the students where drawing sketches of the class skeleton.  Here are the results of my time in the room. 
     

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper in a journal
Dated: 1991
Original size: 6"x 8"
Original Art: NFS

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Rapture

This illustration was inspired by some of the sketches done by the old masters.  I love the look and feel of the old portraits that were done in charcoal or pastels, and I got the inspiration to create a piece that had the same feeling.

By working with sepia brown pencils on matching paper, I have achieved the look I wanted.  It was a lot of fun to do and I plan on doing more.

Medium: Prismacolor pencil on Artagain paper
Dated: 2003
Original size: 12"x 18"
Original Art: Sold at TRF 2003

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In Umbram - Sketch

'In Umbram' is Latin for "Into Shadow" and my finished illustration will depict a male demon wielding a spear with a conspiracy of ravens around him.  In the background there is a stained glass window scene of fire erupting out of the earth with a thunderstorm above hurling bolts of lightning.  

This painting is part of my triptych series Bellum Lucis et Umbrae (The Battle of Light and Shadow) and will be painted in oil. 

Medium: Graphite on Vellum paper
Dated: 1998
Original size: 20"x 30"
Original Art: N/A

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Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon

This illustration is part of a portfolio set created to pay tribute to the memory of two extraordinary martial artists and action film stars.  Never again will the world know a father and son such as Bruce and Brandon Lee.  The legacy they leave behind will be remembered for all time. 

This portfolio, called "The Little Dragon", consists of six illustrations; three images of Bruce Lee (from The Green Hornet, Enter the Dragon, and a portrait) and three images of Brandon Lee (from The Crow, Rapid Fire, and a portrait).

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 1997
Original size: 8"x 10"
Original Art: NFS
Signed/Numbered 8"x 10" Print: $10.00




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Chiaroscuro Drawings

Chiaroscuro is an Italian for clear/light "chiaro" and obscure/shadow "obscuro".  In art it is a contrast between light and dark and is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition but is also for the use of effects representing contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in objects or figures.  The drawings below are some samples I did while taking my Drawing I class.
     

Medium:  Graphite on Strathmore sketch paper
Dated: 2011
Original size: 8"x 10"
Original Art: NFS

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Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming's James Bond

Pierce Brosnan ignited the screen when he took on the role he was born to play: Bond.  James Bond.  Ian Fleming's 007 has never looked so good!  

This illustration pays tribute to the terrific performance that Pierce Brosnan gave as James Bond with such film hits as GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. 

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 1996
Original size: 9"x 12"
Original Art: NFS
Prints: sold out

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Anck-Su-Namun

I was working on my "Ramses the Damned" illustration and wanted to play around with the idea of a female mummy.  This sketch is the result of that.

Though I drew this in 1995, when the film "The Mummy" was released in 1999, I began to think she looked a lot like Anck-Su-Namun, the secret lover of Imhotep and the mistress of Pharaoh Set I.  

Medium: Graphite and Prismacolor on Sketch paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 11"x 14"
Original Art Available: $200

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