okay so, time for some art! First up, some work from Italy!

My first crack at" The Rape Of Polyxena"

stalker drawing! sorry Maggie, I couldn't resist.

Tone paper version of "The Rape of the Sabine"



Bacchus

Okay, now for the new stuff. I drew two pieces for my finals.

for my first, i revisited "The Rape of Poyxena" spent 18 hours here. it's 18x24

here's a detail. the helmet was one of the most difficult parts



For number two, i needed something in color

It's i picture of a friend of mine. I really liked the angle and felt i neede to work on some foreshortening. i'll be honest after 13 hours i lost count, but i don't think i went over 20. it's 20x16



here's a detail of the face.

and the hands, by far the hardest part for me.

Thanks for taking a look. any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

miss you guys.

Details of my Final

Okay... I've been working on my final for a while now, and I've picked out some of a few detail areas for show.
I decided to do a landscape shot of Vernazza. Not just because I adore that city, but it had so many cool details from the personalities of the houses, to the gorgeous combination of land and sea.
I got a giant poster and started to pencil the main spots a shadows in, like Jay taught in Italy, and it made it a lot easier to get going on the project.
I hope you enjoy it!

~Kirst

The Heart of Firenze

so here is my final project

I finished my project and put in over 80 hours. I used color pencils and some mixed media.

Idea for Final

I hope I get this in the right place; I've never used a blog before.

Instead of doing three separate ten hour drawings, I've decided to do a trip-tic. In the left panel will be my cousin reading a book, and her new husband doing the same in the right. The center panel will be them together.