Studies, Revisited

Feels like it has been ages since a new post, so I'm putting something out there! About a week back I was back in "Study Mode" (the thumbnails, not the cram session), revisiting these styles of collage, or what might eventually become collages. Form, texture, shope, composition. Did a whole sheet of them in pencil on the train ride home and I just spent a little time this afternoon refining some of them in ink, making them pop a little more. Time to get back into collage mode!

Another Round of...

Been a busy and distracting sort of week. Here's some stuff from a few days ago that I did on the train.

Occasionally someone will stand over me, watching me sketch. A guy this particular day gave me the usual ,"What the heck are you drawing?"

"Some layouts of abstract shapes and..."

He interrupts, "So you just draw whatever you feel like. OK." and put his headphones on.

Studies Again?

It has been a while since I have posted any collage studies. It was only after I drew an entire page of them that I remembered I wasn't going to do any more studies of collages, but just go straight into the actual collages themselves. Oh well, when it has been so long you forget these things...

More Studies in Green

Here are a few more studies that I did a couple days ago for a collage that I am currently working on. I'm really hoping the sentiment translates into the collage medium. Even the most literal of translations can look completely different.

Studies in Green

Several sketches and studies for a collage or collages to submit to a gallery next week. Green be the topic.

Study For Small Painting

Just a simple sketch for today. It's a quick study for a painting that I also started tonight. The painting is fairly small (much like the sketch!), but I should be finished with it in a couple days. So far so good.

Letterbox Collage Studies

Here are a few collage studies in a new "letterbox" format that I'd eventually like to try out. The techniques are the same, but some of the shapes feel fresh to me.

Caught Up!

Finally! I have caught up with all of the posting that I have been meaning to do over the last week but couldn't due to computer problems, giant post-birthday hangover and good old-fashioned lack of time. At least I haven't been idle!

Here are a few more collage studies that I whipped up over the last couple days. I know I said that I was going to stop doing these, but I just can't seem to help myself.

Quick Study

Another study for a collage. Smaller seperate parts become one larger whole. Like those little slidey puzzles you have as a kid. Hey, now THERE's an idea!

Add a Splash of Color...

This was something I whipped up on my lunch break. Its another study for future collage efforts, but came out kind of neat all on its own.


If this entry looks jacked up it's because my normal computer is on the outs and in the meantime I am posting on a mac. That is all. Belated Illustraton Friday post coming tomorrow.

Sculptural Construct Idea

Came up with this on the train a couple days ago... more of a structural sculpture, based on conterbalancing something large with something much smaller. Would like to get some actual built study models going before actually jumping into the real deal.

Studies Before Studying

Out of town for the last couple days, so the posting streak came to an abrupt halt. I have been sketching in the meantime, and will be doling out some stuff over the next week while I am studying for my architecture exams.

These are a couple pages of studies for more of my collages. Started doing some prep work for small pieces the other day. I realise that drawing the collages out quickly and actually hashing them out in collage form are two completely different looks, styles and results. It made me think that its time to stop doing hand-drawn studies for the pieced together strip-collages that I make. Perhaps the hand drawn studies will evolve into full-blown pieces in their own right.

Retro Week... Day 4!

Fall 2001... programmatic study of Gregory Ain's Dunsmuir Flats... The full model of this was 12"x12" and when we presented these, the entire class put them all together on a table... it turned out pretty cool - all of the pieces fitting together... Can't seem to find an image of the class compilation, though. I have a piece of this model in my possession still, it is one of the few physical models I actually kept from school. I must have spent hours sanding these little pieces. sanding, painting, sanding... painting again... more sanding. Then finally gluing. I only had the patience to let one of the units slide in and out of the white base perfectly.

Retro Week: Day 2

This was actually the start of a much more elaborate digital collage from one of my architecture studios from school a few years ago (Fall 2003). The final "section" ended up with a black background and a lot more layers, and objects folded into it. Despite that, I always felt this initial, simple rendition captured the idea of the project more than one that incorporated a lot of "extra stuff" for the sake of complexity.

More Collage Studies

Here's some more collage studies that I've done over the last couple weeks. One of these days I will stop making studies and start making the actual pieces.

Recent Sketches

At the risk of giving too little attention to my blog, Im posting some recent sketches- immediately! Down and dirty, nothin' fancy, just some unadulterated abstract ideas straight from the pages of my sketchbook. It is my hope that I can fully hash these out... eventually.

Going Large?

Thinking about doing one of these babies on a large scale. Started tinkering with shapes and method of actually making it happen.

More Pre-Collage Studies

Here are a few more quick studies that I whipped up on the way into work on the train this morning. I can't say they are anything to write home about, but it is good to post something nonetheless.

Also, it is getting evident that i really need a scanner at home, so that my squares don't keep looking at rhombuses. Or would they be rhombii?