Washingston State Ferries

This is a study focusing on contour line, also a study in technique of stippling. 

I also bought a fancy new drafting ruler that I wanted to take for a spin. Crisp lines. 

No ferries in California.

I'm starting to miss the water. 

Drawing Notebook

  For my beginning drawing class at Santa Clara University, we have been focusing on drawing with contours to emphasize what the eye really sees. When you try to draw what is in front of you, often your brain tells you what you see symbolically. For instance, when you draw an eye, your brain would tell you to draw an almond shape with a circle in the middle with some eyelashes. But when you really draw what you see, there is a ball covered with skin, the skin is stretched over the ball, and there are shadows, curves, and contours of the ball. When you really look closely, you find many more details that you may have not noticed before.
  Georges Perec, a french writer and artist examines ordinary objects such as his street, and writes down every detail. By writing it all down, you not only see objects for what they really are, but you question what those objects mean, and how and why they are used.
  For my first journal entry, I focused on my desk. I found there was so much more there than I thought there was in the first place. Drawing this way forces one to be open to so many more possibilities, to take in the world as it really is.

Transamerica Pyramid

The Streets

When you see photography like this, at first glance it seems messy, and unprofessional. 

Upon closer inspection, photography like this is in movement with its surroundings. It shows life, it shows real movement. It portrays a mood, and each colorful line follows its own path, similar to the others. These photographs are expressive and also rather fun to take. 

Both were shot at F3.5 ISO 100 with 2.5" exposure. 

Try it out!

Dewey Beach