The top drawing is from the first class. There is a very big difference between my three drawings and I can see my progress very well. In the first drawing I was very worried about outlines and details. Notice I include hair, muscles, outlines, toes, fingers ext. It wasn't until the second class that I start the center axis of the figure. I really enjoy the idea behind the center axis points because it helped with with the angle of the body parts. I also tried to include line variation and line value in the second one. I did have some variation in the first drawing but there was no reason or system to it. My last drawing includes the spine curvature, line variation, and center axis lines. I like the way we went about learning the ways to accomplish the different techniques. My drawings went from what I've always done, to starting from scratch, and then now building it back up again. I learned a lot in the last couple classes, and I think you can definitely see the changes in my drawings. 

This last painting was done my freshman year of college. I chose this one because it's of my nephew, and I believe a did a good job of making it actually look like him. I enjoy the challenge of doing people I know, because it pushes me to do better in my projects. 

This is another portrait I did that was inspired a a lot by a model that I found in a magazine. The stare in her eyes was so striking I wanted to put it down on paper myself. I found a lot of people really enjoyed this drawing also. I believe it's for the same reason. This is also one of my older drawing. I chose older drawings, because my college projects were less enjoyable for me to do. I got to choose more of the guidelines in these drawings so there were no real boundaries. 

This drawing was done in high school. I entered it in a contest my junior year, and I won first place with it.

it is one of my favorite drawings that I've ever done, because this is really the first portrait that I ever completed. 

It's faded a lot now, but I still enjoy it.