Here are some examples of quick portrait studies I completed back at John Tyler Community College, and while in Art (Honors Level) at Manchester High School.
John - Classmate
Amerie - Classmate
Self portrait - duality
All of the above portraits were completed in a timed exercise in under 5 minutes using willow and vine charcoal only. Witch a model for reference. The clock was started and it was "pencils" down (rather i say "sticks") when the alarm buzzer sounded. I loved how Mrs Diana Detamore punches me to see form and shape rather than preconceived visuals I "thought" I was seeing. This pushed me to become so well versed in facial emotion and expressions as well as not afraid of breaking the mold on proportions, scale, angle, and subject matter.
Jennifer - Classmate Art Honors - Manchester High School
Self Portrait - VA Congressional Statewide Student Art-show 1st Place Winner
These last two were completed in Senior Art Honors class at Manchester High. The first of Jennifer is a "Da Vinci" style light study where the form is created by collecting and recording only information on the placement of highlights and reflective light areas. It forces the artist to see the forms of gradation and not tangible outlines and special references. The last portrait was painstakingly created partially from mirror posing, and from memory as well as a reference photo of my eyes nose and mouth cropped down as the only outside tool.
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