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Pastel self portrait. My face seems really flat.

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American Gothic with both of our drawing class models. Sewanee, 2008.

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After Klimt, Sewanee 2008. This was the first time I understood how chalk pastels worked for me. Normally they left me disappointed, and covered in smudged colored chalk. I'm pretty sure my piece of paper usually felt the same way. This time was different, and using a pencil to highlight areas was key.

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 Another still life photograph for a drawing class assignment. You can't make stuff up like this. This is just what happens when 4 teenage girls share a bathroom. And eat easy mac.

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Figurative ink study. Sewanee, 2008. We were fortunate enough to have the same two models for the entire semester of life drawing. At some point I stopped struggling to draw the person and was just able to draw the pose.

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Here's another picture from drawing class. We were assigned to  create an unconventional still life to draw using shoes. I put them on a plate in the dining hall and called it done. I'll post the drawing later.

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I've run out of artwork for Throwback Thursday until my parents bring another portfolio when they visit. I've decided to post some old pictures that I took in college to tide you over. This picture is from Sophomore year and is documentation of the first drawing assignment for my painting and drawing class. Each student was given a stack of photocopied topographical maps. We each had to make 10 different "modules" (3-dimensional shapes made only using cut or folded paper and tape). Our professor then chose a module for each student to reproduce 10 times. Here is the pile of my 10 identical modules before I took the over to the art building. All of us pinned then up into clusters onto the giant studio pin-up wall. Then we had to draw the entire thing. It took me forever, and I know I still have that drawing. I tell people (artists!) about this assignment and they cringe in sympathy.