More Ink

Just started throwing ink around and came up with this...ha.

Playing with Ink

Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to get to spend some time in the studio of Francis Vallejo. His awesome ink drawings inspired me to play around with some ink myself. Here's a sketch I did yesterday from a fashion magazine. I've been looking at Jason Shawn Alexander and David Downton. I am thinking about tweaking a few things in Photoshop but here is where it stands now. I had so much fun so I think I am going to keep at it :)

Cool!

So I got to meet Joshua Bell and his concert was awesome. And I got to see my piece in print...yay!

Works in Progress...

Thought I'd post a few pieces that are hanging out in my studio. One is a portrait of my friend's son. He is two years old and absolutely precious (and apparently pretty precocious)! I still have a ways to go. The other piece is a self portrait, which is almost finished. I think I may make a few more changes. I'll post more as I wrap them up!

-Chelsea

Joshua Bell

This is my finished illustration for the September opening gala concert program for the Louisville Orchestra, featuring Joshua Bell. Joshua Bell is one of the world's greatest violinists and if you haven't heard his music, you should look him up! I had the pleasure of hearing him a few years back so I was so excited to do this portrait! I wanted the image to be strong and elegant. I chose to make it fairly realistic since I was dealing with a conservative audience. I can't wait to see it printed! Overall, I was pleased with the image. I have little experience with oil painting but I really enjoyed working with it and I think I'm going to keep it up. By the way, the color is a little funky for some reason...it's not quite so dull and orange-y.

Self-Portrait

Senior Year Drawings

I had very few teachers at UK that were supportive of illustration but I was fortunate enough to have Sal Villagran as a teacher my last semester of my senior year. Sal was not only passionate about teaching but he was actually a practicing illustrator. He is an amazing artist and I am so glad that I got to study with him! Here are a few figure drawings from his class I took last Spring.