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Across Main Street from our apartment was a tienda Mexicana that I went to frequently, and on the corner was an old clockshop where they sold and repaired clocks and watches. For a perspective assignment in Drawing II at A-B Tech, I decided to draw a series of images of this block. The perspective in this drawing emphasizes the clockshop. The paper is a cornflower paper, which has blue petals embedded.

12 in by 19½ in, ink and gouache on cornflower paper, 2010.

Across Main Street from our apartment was a tienda Mexicana that I went to frequently, and on the corner was an old clockshop where they sold and repaired clocks and watches. For a perspective assignment in Drawing II at A-B Tech, I decided to draw a series of images of this block. The perspective in this drawing emphasizes the clockshop. The paper is a cornflower paper, which has blue petals embedded.

12 in by 19½ in, ink and gouache on cornflower paper, 2010.

The Smoky Mountains drawing was one of my experiments with brushing ink on saturated Indian Raja paper. I really enjoy the Raja straw paper because of it’s texture and character. It also can be soaked in water a few times without falling apart.

10 in by 11 in, ink on Indian Raja paper, 2010.

This quick charcoal drawing was created sitting on the sidewalk in downtown Canton. Canton is a small mill town in the mountains of western North Carolina. We lived just off Main Street during the years I was attending A-B Tech in nearby Asheville. The idea with a drawing like this is to quickly and efficiently capture the scene through gesture without unnecessarily fussing over details or accuracy.

11 in by 14 in, charcoal on paper, 2010.

Perspective study of a classical arch gateway. The intent was to use extreme perspective while still retaining some sense of believability.

11 in by 9 in, graphite and ink on paper, 2010.

A drawing of a table and two chairs in ink and soft chalk pastels, purposefully playing with color. I used a Micron brush pen for the contour drawing and colored it using chalk pastels. Not only did I want to use completely different colors than the actual furniture, but I wanted to use red and green. Generally, I avoid red and green combinations for fear of evoking an inappropriate Christmas theme.

10 in by 12 in, ink and soft pastels on paper, 2010.

A basic still life set-up using transparency with light and shadow for Drawing II at A-B Tech in 2010. We did this same drawing twice, first in pencil and then in charcoal.

15 in by 21 in, graphite pencil on watercolor paper, 2010.

In Drawing I at A-B Tech, we did the usual still life drawing with eggs. So here is one in pencil on paper.

12 in by 16 in, graphite pencil on paper, 2008.