Painting: Sketchbook Week

In painting we learned about how different artists use their sketchbook and looked at examples from:

Peter Beard

Sabrina Ward Harrison

Dan Eldon

Austin Kleon

Lynda Barry

Ronald Searle

Lisa Congdon

Robert Crumb

Eugene Delacroix

Janice Lowry

This week we'll start off each day with a short sketchbook exercise and then create a full page in the sketchbook with different media each day.  On Friday we'll have a short quiz on the artists we learned about.  Here's a link to study the artists on the class: Quizlet

Drawing: Artists and Ink

In drawing class we are currently working with ink so we'll look at two of my favorite artists who work with ink and use it in interesting ways. The first is the "Gonzo" artist Ralph Steadman who has a great loose style and is known for illustrating writer Hunter S Thompson's work and Flying Dog beer.  Take a look at some of his work, it's not totally consistent but it is consistently good!

The second artist is another great, Peter Beard who is known for mix photographs, drawings, and sketchbook collages together.  Peter lives out near Montauk when he's not in NYC or Africa and since much of his work contains nudity I included a few pieces below which are "school appropriate".