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I still find it amazing that I have gone the entire year so far without doing a legit Portrait work and nothing else.  This is my first portrait of the year, of course in order to do portraits I tend to draw better when the model is someone whom I care deeply for.  Last year I drew My best friend Josh, and my brother Mitch.  For this Portrait I could think of no one other than my amazing girlfriend Lindsey.  I used one picture for a resource.  It is attached. 

For my 7th project I chose the topic of immigration.  Naturally I asked myself how can I incorporate Cars/trucks into this piece.  I figured this could be the perfect opportunity to draw an Old Ford Bronco tricked out with big tires, a custom blackout grille, rollcage, big custom headlights, and of course the US Border Patrol paint job.  For this project I used two resource pics.  simply because I only needed 2.  1 for the Bronco itself, and 1 for the paint scheme.  The Resource pics are attached.  (oh also I am drawing this in Prismacolour.)

Recently I went on my 19th trip to lake powell.  Just like last year, this year again I went on the boys fishing trip to the lake for 3 days.  besides catching 11 fish and having a great time I took a few stunning pictures.  the most amazing part is that i took them on my blackberry curve which has a surprisingly good camera.  I settled on one picture of the sunset on the rocks reflecting back into friendship canyon.  the piture that i considered and a few other resources that I used are attached. 

while on vacation in lake powell with family and friends last june I took a few pics of my dog Frisco.  He was playing with a stick in the sand under the shade of a few plants on the beach.  We camped back in friendship canyon, which is 3 canyons west of dangling rope marina (the water locked marina halfway up river).  Friendship Canyon has great beaches, good sun/wind protection, and great fishing.  this is the 4th time in the last 5 years we have camped there.  Frisco is a fun dog, and he has a funny personality.  we nicknamed him “funny monkey” (he kinda looks like a monkey).  he is a chesapeake bay retriever, so he loves to swim and fetch and do anything athletic.  he is an incredible jumper.  he can jump a good 12-15 feet out over the water before he splashes down and begins swimming.  I cropped the picture a few times the resurce pics are attached.

For my fourth project i have selected Foreshortening/Perspective drawing.  I took photos of my truck, and Preston Mill’s Mustang.  I decided to use my truck, i foreshortened the actuall vehicle and overlaid it onto another picture taken of cental avenue facing south, which gives a perspective feeling.  I intend to use graphite, and paper stumps for this project.  The resource pictures are attached. 

Pictures of me which i manipulated in photoshow in order to form with the original Real Madrid Jersey