Pardon the growing pains as I explore alternative approaches for the continued site development. I have decided to do away with monthly posts and incorporate a continually updating post for the year. The home page reflects site wide changes and updates. This post is specific for the Life Draw sub domain of cieja.com. Thanks for your patience …
November 2015 was directed toward digital and collage. The focus for the month was centered around borders and patterns. November 2015
August 2015 was another month of reflection for me with regards to life drawing. I attended one life drawing session at SDAI on 081715 with life models Rob D. and Ginger. I was looking forward to working with both models but found myself only creating work of Ginger for the evening. You can see the results …
July 2015 Only one life drawing session this month at SDAI. The rest of my life drawing work was with collage. I reviewed older sketches from life drawing course work and independent study and went from there. Things seem to be shifting for me into other areas at this time. I have a lot of …
June 2015 was productive. More site work was completed. Organization continues. Collage has moved to the front of the line lately. Shifting things a bit back to digital. Collage SDAI, Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA My Art Shed, La Jolla, CA
May 2015 independent study SDAI ARTF210C (Life Drawing III) My image of Ginger from March was one of the ARTF210C selections for the San Diego Mesa College Spring Student Art Exhibition 2015. The image above is also shown as the featured image of the April 2015 post. The show runs from April 30th until May 14th, 2015. The …
April 2015 I have utilized a gallery in each category for the images that were created this month. The life models are listed with links to related pages. I would describe the work from April as abstract and spontaneous with blind contour, media and color exploration, and continued growth as an artist. You’ll find more in …
March 2015 I have utilized a gallery in each category for the images that were created this month. The life models are listed after each gallery with links to related pages. SDAI Independent study at SDAI with the following life models: Jono on March 8th, Tamara on March 16th, Christa on March 22nd, Tori on March …
February 2015 independent study SDAI My independent study with life models and life drawing at SDAI continued in February. I began to explore more with blind contour drawings than I had in the past. I varied my mediums of choice a bit and worked more with mixed media. ARTF210C In February, there was a class field trip …
January 2015 I spent January in preparation for the semester work ahead. I attended life drawing sessions at SDAI and continued my independent studies in the studio as well. I worked on drawing new versions of previous sketches, created some mono prints, prepared sketchbooks and journals, created abstracts, and continued my explorations with collage. I …
