Figure Drawing & Observational Practice:
This selection demonstrates undergraduate development in structural anatomy, planar transitions, and the translation of complex three-dimensional forms onto a two-dimensional surface. The coursework guides students from rapid gestural line=and=volume analyses to deeply observed, long=pose life drawings that emphasize skeletal landmarks and musculature. My primary pedagogical objective is to equip students with a high level of visual and spatial literacy, transforming observational drawing from a process of passive replication into an active, analytical tool for self-directed creative research.

Figure II: Two Day Pose (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure II: Two Day Pose

Charcoal on Paper
24” x 36”
STLCC Meramec

Figure II: Two Day Pose (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure II: Two Day Pose

Charcoal on Paper
24” x 36”
STLCC Meramec

Figure II: Two Day Pose (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure II: Two Day Pose

Graphite on Paper
24” x 36”
STLCC Meramec

Figure I: Five Day Pose (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I: Five Day Pose

Charcoal on Paper
24” x 36”
STLCC Meramec

Figure I: One Day Pose (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I: One Day Pose

Charcoal on Newsprint
24” x 36”
STLCC Meramec

Figure I: CA, GA, IL (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I: CA, GA, IL

Two minute Gestures
Charcoal on Paper
18” x 24”

Ringling College

Figure I for Computer Animation, Game Art & Illustration: Twenty Minute Reclining Poses (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I for Computer Animation, Game Art & Illustration: Twenty Minute Reclining Poses

Charcoal on Newsprint
18” x 24”

Ringling College

Figure I for Computer Animation, Game Art & Illustration: 10 x 2 minute Poses: Clothed Figure (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I for Computer Animation, Game Art & Illustration: 10 x 2 minute Poses: Clothed Figure

Charcoal on Newsprint
18” x 24”

Ringling College

Drawing II: Four Day Still Life (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Drawing II: Four Day Still Life

Graphite on Paper
18” x 24”
STLCC MERAMEC

Drawing II: Four Day Still Life (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Drawing II: Four Day Still Life

Graphite on Paper
18” x 24”
STLCC MERAMEC

Figure I: Final Project: Bargue Copy (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I: Final Project: Bargue Copy

Graphite on Paper
24” x 36”
STLCC Meramec

Figure I: Final Project: Master Copy (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I: Final Project: Master Copy

Charcoal on Paper
24” x 36”
STLCC Meramec

Figure I for CA, GA, IL: Anatomy Project: Front/Back Line Drawing (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I for CA, GA, IL: Anatomy Project: Front/Back Line Drawing

Graphite on Paper
18” x 24”
Ringling College of Art and Design

Figure I: CA, GA, IL: Front/Back Bones Labeled in Photoshop: Anatomy Project (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I: CA, GA, IL: Front/Back Bones Labeled in Photoshop: Anatomy Project

Colored Pencil on Tracing Paper
18” x 24”
Ringling College of Art and Design

Figure I: CA, GA, IL: Anatomy Project: Front/Back Bones, Muscles, Line Drawings (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Figure I: CA, GA, IL: Anatomy Project: Front/Back Bones, Muscles, Line Drawings

Colored Pencil on Tracing Paper over Graphite on Paper
18” x 24”
Ringling College of Art and Design