Final Grades are in!

Well, the first semester of school is over. I actually got good grades, an "A" in Photography and a "B+" in Analysis of Form, my basic drawing class. Spring semester starts Jan 26 and it looks like I'll be taking Figure Drawing and English Composition.
So far my experience with The Academy of Art University is great!
I'm working on a drawing right now and I'll post it when I get done and give it to the person it's intended for. They don't know I'm doing it and they check in here from time to time, so I don't want to give it away with a WIP.

Module 15 final, DONE!

That's it. My first semester of college is done.

Module 15 last update

This is the last update before I finish this, hopefully, that will be tonite. Still some general cleaning up to do, fixing outlines and such along with finishing the dragon. A little work left in the bottom right and doing something with the background. 4-5 hours tops.

Module 15 WIP 3

All's going fairly well, but I've found some items that are going to have to be reworked. I'm still trying to decide what to do with the background. I guess I'll let the time constraints dictate how detailed that gets. Going to tackle the skull tonite, somehow blend the cheap styrofoam reference with some pics I found of a real one. 3 day left!

Module 14 & 15 WIP's

Final project for Analysis of Form class. Using charcoal and white chalk on grey paper. Another new thing for me, I've never used colored paper before. So far so good, I'm really liking how this is turning out.

Module 13

Only 2 weeks left in this semester. I can't believe it's gone by this fast.

In photography this week, we had to do a Diptych or a Triptych. Which is to say 2 or 3 pictures meant to be viewed together. They could be pictures that commented on each other, or told a story or even pieces of the same thing. I chose the later and came up with this.

This is the downtown post office here in Texarkana. I though it would be a good subject for this because it's the only post office in the United States that sits in two states at the same time. It also holds the only Federal Court to do the same. On the left side is Texarkana,TX with Texarkana,AR on the right. There's a spot in front where tourists can take pictures with one foot in each state. Originally, I had planned to put a shot of Stateline Ave between the two halves, but couldn't get what I thought would be a good shot, too many stoplights and wires in the way.

One funny piece of trivia, the men's room is in Texas while the ladies is in Arkansas.

On to Analysis of Form. For the last 2 weeks I've been working in pen and ink, actually using a Micron pen, which has a very fine point. I scouted out buildings, took pictures and sketched some things, even got questioned by the local P.D. as to what I was doing downtown looking suspicious on a Sunday morning. Can't really blame them for that one, there was an alarm going off at a building a couple blocks away and I was sitting there with the motor running.

But, I digress. This is the old Hopkins Feed store in downtown Texarkana,Ar. It's been closed and vacant for some time and I've heard rumors it may get turned into a bar. My first time working in ink, which you can't erase, so I did more than one before finally deciding to go with this one. I would have liked to take it further, but just ran out of time. Be kind.

That's it for photography assignments. Still have the final exam in there but not much more. One more big still life for drawing class, and my first semester in art school is over.