Monsters vs. Demons

While sitting at my son’s baseball game last night, I was thinking about Monsters Inc and had an idea for a sequel (Obviously I’ve had Monsters Inc on my mind a lot lately).  Perhaps Disney will be calling me soon … to tell me to quit messing with their property.  :)

Anyway, the story is about a 15-year-old Boo who is going through a really rough time.  She feels lost and alone, but gets some help from an old friend.  Imagine all the trouble Sully could get into in the human world.

Yeah, I’m sure the catch phrase is too dark for Disney, but I liked the sound of it.  Perhaps I have an over-active imagination.

Artistic Outburst

I have five kids, I'm a school teacher, I serve as a Scoutmaster and a soccer coach . . . I'm grateful for all of those things, but I often don't have as much time to draw as I would like.  Every once in a while, I come home, set aside a few minutes, and draw.  This sketch is the result of one of those artistic outbursts a couple months ago.  While it isn't my greatest drawing, it was definitely enjoyable. 

Union Station Photo Shoot

My photo students conducted a photo shoot at Union Station a couple weeks ago.  They planned the theme, models, and costumes, then spent an afternoon taking photos.  It was a fun afternoon.

Nymph 2

Life Sketch, May 17

Nymph

In my Drawing class, I asked my students to choose a word from a list and then depict the word in a drawing.  As a demonstration, I selected the word "roots" and created the following charcoal drawing.  I rarely complete my demonstration pieces, but enjoyed this one enough that I set aside some extra time to finish it.

Nice View

It is exciting to see the progress of the new Venture High School building.   Today I visited the construction site and stood on the cement slab that will soon be my classroom.  Most of my north-facing wall will be one large window and the view is pretty amazing.

I've always been oriented towards figure drawing and still-lifes, but I think I might just start incorporating some landscape painting. 

Anatomy for Artists: Final Skeletons

We finished the Anatomy for Artists Intensive yesterday, and I'm glad it's over.  Don't get me wrong.  It was a fantastic class to teach, but I think, after two weeks of drawing nearly 5 hours per day, the students and I are all mentally exhausted.  Here are some of the final drawings that came out of the class. The skeleton drawings are life-size.

Anatomy for Artists: Skeleton Update

The Anatomy for Artists intensive has been awesome.  The students--all ninth and tenth graders--have nearly completed their life-size skeleton studies and have produced some great drawings.  Here are some additional photos of the skeletons in progress.  I should have some photos of the final skeletons later this weekend.