Last study for figure drawing complete! And it’s feet! Or my foot, seen from three views. I have always liked drawing feet. Everyone always says they’re so difficult, but I bet that’s because they don’t draw them very often. The more you draw feet, the easier it becomes. I promise.… Read More »And now I drew some feet
New watercolor piece complete! Just in time to give me a breather for the Thanksgiving holiday. This painting took a lot of work; half of the project was research! Our assignment was to illustrate a scene from an opera, and we were given a list of composers to choose from.… Read More »Die Valkyrie
Part of drawing the figure is drawing the hands. Hands are often said to be one of the most difficult parts of the figure to draw, and though I’ve never thought them particularly easy either, I always thought that faces were much harder than hands. Drawing a hand is like… Read More »Drew some hands.
Wow! It seems like its been such a long time since my last post! Things have been really crazy at school with midterms and final projects starting up. I actually have a lot of work that I need to post but there hasn’t been enough sun to photograph it all.… Read More »Copy of Comtesse D-Haussonville by Ingres
For homework in figure drawing class, we have been drawing different parts of the head in our sketch books. This week, we were assigned to put all of those parts together and do a self-portrait. I typically have a lot of trouble with self portraits because of the way the… Read More »Self portrait
I like working in series! I have an obsessive personality, and when I get on an idea I like to work through it until I am utterly sick of that subject matter. Fortunately, I never stay sick of anything and eventually my creativity will catch up with me and I… Read More »New Series: Treasure
We had less time than usual to draw each of these drawings, so they are all a little more gestural. I however, do not mind this. It is easy to get caught up in the details when given too much time to complete a drawing. The one above is probably… Read More »Oh hey, more figure drawing.
The title says it all.
My drawing teacher bought a bunch of half-dead sunflowers for us to draw in class one evening. It was almost as big as I was, and there was a lot going on with the item. So when we were only given an hour or so to draw, it was clear… Read More »Big, Floppy, Sunflower.
Good morning everyone. I drew some ears. Pencil. All from the same person. Would you like to see some other doodles? Well then you should look on my Flickr Account under doodles.
Here we have the second piece to come from the idea of dealing solely with shadow. If you recall, for the first piece of this nature, I drew the shadows cast by my belongings in my dorm room, but I removed my objects from the space. You can find that… Read More »Describing with Shadows part II
Warning: This post contains drawings of nude figure models for academic purposes. More figure drawing. One of them is more vine charcoal on warm gray paper, and the other is conte pencil on cool gray paper. The thing I like best about the latter, is that we drew the same… Read More »More Figure drawing. This time conte pencils are awesome
Watercolor is getting easier. I guess it just takes a lot of practice. There are many different techniques to learn and try before you can decide which one works best for you. Because watercolors are translucent, you can either build up your colors, mixing them on the paper, or you… Read More »Learning to use watercolors.
I’ve been keeping a sketchbook consistantly this semester to organize all of my thoughts, thumbnails, and small studies from my four studio classes in one place. Oftentimes, ideas I generate for one class work well in another and help me to focus my thoughts. In previous semesters, I kept notes… Read More »Keeping a Sketch Book
This is pretty straight forward. This charcoal drawing was done in figure drawing class, from a live model, in about 2 hours.We worked on gray paper so that we could bring out the highlights with a white charcoal pencil. I worked up the drawing with vine charcoal first, and then… Read More »Portrait in Charcoal
Warning: This post contains drawings of nude models for academic purposes. I have been cranking out work lately. I guess that makes sense when I am enrolled in more studio classes at once than ever before. The class that turns out finished drawings most rapidly is figure drawing, because for… Read More »Drawing the Figure.
In figure drawing class, besides drawing the figure, we are working on weekly assignments that focus on one part of the body at a time. Here we have the skull. I chose to work in pencil because it is clean. I do not care for charcoal, even if it is… Read More »Skull Studies
Drawing from Life: it’s my fourth studio class this semester. My “elective,” even though I have to take another studio class. So far, so good in the course. We’ve met three times and the professor seems very nice and I think she loves what she does, so that’s always a… Read More »Describing with Shadows.
This semester, as part of my illustration major, I am taking a course in watercolors. I have dealt with watercolors in the past, but this course will go into a whole new level of technique and detail for me. It’s been a few years since I’ve touched a watercolor set,… Read More »Watercolor class.
I’ve been very drawn to owls lately. I love the way they look, and the many ways that they can be distorted and stylized but remain recognizable. So naturally, my last visit to Plaster-Fun-Time had me painting an owl bronze. I wanted the owl to look metallic; lots of owls… Read More »Plaster Owl.
I have added a batch of new images to the galleries. Almost all sections have received additions. At this point, I think I have added just about everything I wanted to. But of course, new work will come as I make it. If you’d like to see more pictures, you… Read More »New Pictures in Galleries and more on Flickr
W00t! After weeks of learning and working and trying and re-trying, I finally fulfilled several of my web goals. I have learned how to build a simply website from scratch using HTML. I have learned some very handy basics of the coding language, and I have found ways to manipulate… Read More »Exciting New Web Galleries!
About a month ago, my mom and I went to go check out a new Thrift store in town. In a junk bin of miscellaneous jewelry parts, I found half of an old, fake watch. It was terribly dirty–black even. But it was interesting non-the-less. I asked if I could… Read More »Unique, Homemade Necklace from a Thrift-store Find
New painting! This one is a commissioned piece. Its a portrait done from an old photograph. I restored the colors and worked in washes at first to build up an underpainting, and then went in with my final colors and strokes. The face took me a very long time to… Read More »Portrait on the Grass
Geez. What a week. I was supposed to be on vacation, but instead I assigned myself an unreasonable amount of work to do. I decided, as I often do, that I am not yet completely satisfied with my web prescence. But what is a girl like me, with no coding… Read More »Conquering the web….or not.
Once again, I have re-made my website, or at least the design. This time, hopefully, I will be happy with it for a little longer. The big change, and the big reason why I think this one will be one to keep for a while is the width of the… Read More »I did it again.
Yesterday I felt like drawing shoes. I started out with trying to come up with fairly normal, practical looking ones that were still somehow original, but the more I drew, the weirder things got. You can see me progression pretty clearly if you look from right to left, top to… Read More »Crazy shoes.
So not to long ago, when I was messing around in photoshoop, trying to learn new techniques, I started making wallpapers for my friends. I came up with a few cool ones, I think. So now, here they are for the world to see, and use if they’d like!
REFRESH TO SEE UPDATES ON SHAUNART.NET (if you are reading this from the main site, sometimes updates don’t show up without a refresh. so do it now) But back to the post– So, I’ve told you all about this piece of work before, but I made you search your iTunes… Read More »iTunes Album art in Commissions gallery
As you may have noticed, the website looks quite a bit different than it did a day ago. I have moved the navigation bar to the left side of the screen, and changed the color scheme and the web banner. I have been going around the site cleaning out old… Read More »Big Changes.
I am in the process of re-working my website. I hope to make it simpler and easier to navigate. I also want to cut down on unnecessary content while giving important content more space to stand out. One of the first things that I have updated it my biography. You… Read More »Reworking the site.
Hey everyone, So typically, I do a lot of updating after getting back from a convention, and believe me, I do have a lot to update. However I am experiencing some super computer problems which are going to make it very difficult for me to update the site or the… Read More »Forgive the Lull in Updates
This past weekend I attended Connecticon for the third time. It was located in Hartford, CT at the Connecticut Convention Center. If you missed the fun, you can look into registering for next year at their website. Whether you were there or not, you can read my review of the… Read More »Connecticon is over.
Hey! My brother just released his first itunes single, and I designed the cover art. But I’m not going to show you the art here just yet 
If you want to see it, go to your itunes store and search for “Lemon Lime,” by Eric Leva. And while your… Read More »My Art’s on iTunes!
Sadly, I am very disappointed in what I saw on the actual fourth of July in terms of photographable fireworks. We were stationed on the beach in New Hampshire, surrounded by fireworks going off in the distance, but there were very few close enough to shoot. The best shots I… Read More »The Fourth: Food and Fireworks.
Last night I attended another fireworks display, this time in Wilmington. This show was a really dazzling one, but more difficult to photograph because the fireworks went off at irregular intervals making it more difficult than the Lexington show to get the timing right. I got a few good shots,… Read More »Fireworks Round Two.
This post is a visual post more than anything; my favorite part about The Fourth of July is the Fire works, and because the Fourth falls on a Sunday this year, I get to enjoy fireworks all weekend long. Below is a gallery of the fireworks show I saw last… Read More »Fourth of July Visuals
Just a reminder to everyone that Connecticon is happening the weekend of July 9th through the 11th at the Connecticut Convention Center. You can get your regitration online or at the Convention Center. Regular Price: $60.00, Single Day Memberships: Friday Only Membership: $30.00, also available for purchase in person at… Read More »Connecticon is fast Approaching!
I would like to thank the The Colonel Connelly Park Committee, and the Friends of Lake Quannapowitt for having me as a Caricaturist at the opening celebration for a brand new playground built at Colonel Connelly Park on lake Quannapowitt, just off exit 40 of route 128 in Wakefield. Though… Read More »Park Opening at Lake Quannapowitt
Looking for a fun, easy, nearly effort-free activity to do with kids (or not)? You should go to Plaster Fun Time. That’s what I did yesterday. I love that place, and I’m what? 20? And I’ve loved it since I was what? 5?Plaster Fun Time is recommended for children ages… Read More »Fun with Plaster
For my brother’s graduation this past Sunday, I decorated his cap for him, as many students do, to reflect their interests and personalities. The whole thing was done in acrylic paint and sharpie markers. Thanks to two years in college, this cap looks a lot better than my own did… Read More »Graduation cap
For anyone who is wondering, I buy the Mehndi Henna Kit by Jacquard every time I feel like drawing all over people. I think that they recently changed their formula, because this time around, the mixture was MUCH smoother and stained a lot darker, and a lot faster. They also… Read More »“You should charge for this.” More henna.
A while back I designed a business package for a fictional musician or music school with the hopes that it could someday be modified to fit my younger brother’s needs as a free-lance musician. Yesterday, that business package, which included a business card design, came in handy. Now my brother… Read More »Custom Business Card in Commissions Gallery
What to do with these long summer days? I know, I shall learn how to knit! Or should I learn crochet? Let’s do some research on the internet before I invest in one or the other…..lets see….they say that knitting is harder to pick up, but crochet has more different… Read More »To Knit or Crochet?
Late spring is a wonderful time to grab your camera, and head out exploring. Take a hike, go hunt down a few yard sales, and stumble upon a some unexpected treasures in your own backyard. This is what I’ve been doing all weekend, and the sights and sounds that I… Read More »The Spark of Spring
Now that my sophomore year is over, I decided to make a list of what I think are the ten most important things that I have learned this year. They may not be in perfect order, but I tried to somewhat number them by importance. Hopefully, knowing these things will… Read More »Top 10 Things I learned this year
Classes are done for the year! All I have left to work on is some final papers. But as far as studio classes go, I am DONE with work. This is my latest piece from drawing for Illustration. Our assignment was to draw a gargoyle in an architectural setting. Now,… Read More »Gargoyle Illustration
This set of two is my completed final project for Lithography. Typically, when I set out to compose a work, I try to put together a window that allows to viewer to see into a complete scene. As an illustrator, I deal with narrative, setting, and continuity. Foreground, middle-ground, and… Read More »Third Print: My turtle!
This is the finished version of my second lithography project. After many disasters, I managed to pull four good prints to make an edition. Our assignment was to use a newspaper to inspire our work. What we took from the newspaper, no matter how much or little, was up to… Read More »Second Print
Once again, as part of my science and art class (which is now finished btw) we spent some time becoming familiar with different kinds of paint. This tiny little piece is my very first time working with oil paint! This panel is only 4″x4″ and has been gesso’d and sanded… Read More »First Oil Painting