Alison’s Portfolio
2.)
Date: February, 2025
Title of Work: Annabelle Seated
Medium: charcoal on paper
Description: This was a 20-minute drawing done from direct observation of the live model.
1.)
Date: December, 2024
Title of Work: Head Study
Medium: graphite on paper
Description: This was a 60-minute drawing done from direct observation of a statue.
Prior to Starting at the Sevenfold Guild
Date: April, 2024
Title of Work: Head Drawings from Imagination
Medium: graphite on paper
Description: These studies were loosely based on a clay sculpted head. The drawings show a good understanding of how to represent volumes from different perspectives.
Annabelle’s Portfolio
9.)
Date: March, 2025
Title of Work: Portrait of Alison
Medium: graphite on paper
Description: This is a drawing done from direct observation of the live model. The model was placed behind a gridded frame, and this helped Annabelle to develop a very well proportioned head and upper body drawing. It also helped her to capture the direction of the features of Alison’s face.
8.)
Date: February, 2025
Title of Work: Self Portrait
Medium: charcoal and chalk on toned paper
Description: This is a preliminary drawing for a painting that will be started monochromatically.
7.)
Date: January, 2025
Title of Work: Character Drawings
Medium: graphite
Description: Previous observational drawing exercises/studies of facial features in perspective are applied to a set of fictional characters.
6.)
Date: November, 2024
Title of Work: Character Drawings
Medium: graphite
Description: Previous observational drawing exercises/studies of facial features in perspective are applied to a set of fictional characters.
5.)
Date: November, 2023
Title of Work: Perspective Line Drawing of Geometric Mask
Medium: graphite
Description: This geometric-mask line drawing was drawn over a reference ink-drawing created by Bernard Partridge. It was used to simplify the complex forms of the head into simpler planes. 
4.)
Date: November, 2023
Title of Work: Perspective Tonal Drawing of Geometric Mask
Medium: charcoal and white chalk on Toned Paper
Description: This was drawn from life. 
3.)
Date: November, 2023
Title of Work: Box-y Figure
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This planar study was drawn by the student, over a gesture drawing created by the instructor. 
2.)
Date: October, 2023
Title of Work: Geometric Hand
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is a life drawing done from a 3D form. Annabelle and Nidhi collaborated on this piece, and it was done using our scope-and-grid setup.
1.)
Date: September, 2023
Title of Work: Ukulele
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This was drawn from life using a grid and scope. 
Prior to Starting at the Sevenfold Guild
Date: Prior to September, 2023
Title of Work: Head Drawing
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Chloe’s Portfolio
1.)
Date: September, 2019
Title of Work: Reclining Figure
Medium: White and Black Charcoal on Toned Paper
Description: This is a figure drawn directly from a live model.
2.)
Date: September, 2019
Title of Work: Wooden Mannequin
Medium: White and Black Charcoal on Toned Paper
Description: This is a drawing done from direct observation.
3.)
Date: September, 2019
Title of Work: Hand
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is quick gesture drawing of a hand done from direct observation.
Dalya’s Portfolio
1.)
Date: March 1, 2020
Title of Work: Beth
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This was a one-minute long gesture drawing from a live model.
Ivan’s Portfolio
7.) Date: May, 2025
Title of Work: Using Composition to Tell a Story
Medium: Charcoal and White Chalk on Toned Paper
Description: This project combined several stages. The first stage was to look carefully at how Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese put together abstract shapes to create his compositions. The second stage was to use a specific set of abstract shapes as a starting point for imagining a make believe pictorial scene, and for doing a line drawing of this imaginary scene. The third and last stage was to do a number of tonal sketches for this scene, and to select the tonal sketch that Ivan felt most strongly supported the line drawing. The result is a wonderfully poetic outdoor scene where the trees are dancing with one another, and a person is preparing to travel up a winding river.
6.) Date: March, 2025
Title of Work: Back Yard Shed
Medium: Charcoal on Paper (lines digitally emphasized)
Description: working from life to translate “perspective-foreshortened” objects in the 3D world (in this case, the receding roof and side wall of a shed) into a set of carefully observed shapes on a flat piece of paper
5.) Date: January, 2025
Title of Work: Camel
Medium: Charcoal Powder on Paper
Description: This drawing was done with a bristle brush. Careful attention was given to the negative shapes.
4.) Date: March, 2024
Title of Work: Copy of Ear Drawing
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This was a drawing that was developed using a “block-in” approach.
3.) Date: March, 2024 Title of Work: Shell Medium: Graphite on Paper Description: This was drawn from direct observation.
2.) Date: November, 2023 Title of Work: Simple Head Medium: Graphite on Paper Description: This is a life drawing done from a small paper form.
1.) Date: October, 2023 Title of Work: Simple House Medium: Graphite on Paper Description: This is a life drawing done from a small clay form.
Leo’s Portfolio
1.)
Date: May 12, 2022
Title of Work: Ornament
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is an ornamental drawing for the blade of a battle axe.
Luke’s Portfolio
2.)
Date: June, 2023
Title of Work: Head in Perspective
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: representing volumes
1.)
Date: April, 2023
Title of Work: Drawing of a Hand
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: proportions and perspective (“mapping out” points and lines)
Matthew’s Portfolio
4.)
Date: April, 2023
Title of Work: Doll
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: working from direct observation, translating a three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional drawing, studying proportions
3.)
Date: April, 2023
Title of Work: Imaginary Character Studies
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: working with perspective and poses
2.)
Date: January, 2022
Title of Work: Head in Perspective
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: representing volumes
1.)
Date: November, 2022
Title of Work: Pokemon character drawing
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: drawing from direct observation
Michael’s Portfolio
3.)
Date: November, 2023
Title of Work: Portrait of Grace
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is a drawing done from a live model.
2.)
Date: June, 2023
Title of Work: Soldier
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is a drawing done from a live model dressed in 18th century French soldier uniform.
1.)
Date: August, 2023
Title of Work: Mannequins
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is a life drawing done from a group of poseable mannequins, and viewed with our scope-and-grid setup.
Nidhi’s Portfolio
2.)
Date: November, 2023
Title of Work: Perspective Tonal Drawing of Geometric Mask
Medium: Charcoal and White Chalk on Toned Paper
Description: This was drawn from life. Line work was provided by instructor and shading was done by student.
1.)
Date: October, 2023
Title of Work: Geometric Hand
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is a life drawing done from a 3D form. Nidhi and Annabelle collaborated on this piece, and it was done using our scope-and-grid setup.
Owen’s Portfolio
1.) Date: March 1, 2020 Title of Work: Surveyor Medium: Oil on Paper Description: This was a study for a collaborative painting. It was painted from a live model.
Rex’s Portfolio
7.) Date: May, 2025
Title of Work: Using Composition to Tell a Story
Medium: Charcoal and White Chalk on Toned Paper
Description: This project combined several stages. The first stage was to look carefully at how Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese put together abstract shapes to create his compositions. The second stage was to use a specific set of abstract shapes as a starting point for imagining a make believe pictorial scene, and for doing a line drawing of this imaginary scene. The third and last stage was to do a number of tonal sketches for this scene, and to select the tonal sketch that Rex felt most strongly supported the line drawing. The result is a mysterious night time scene that invites the viewer to explore the bridges, branches, tunnels and ladders that connect the “far off” with the “nearby”.
6.) Date: March 2025
Title of Work: Figure with Harpoon
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: a two-minute gesture drawing with foreshortening
5.) Date: March 2025
Title of Work: Back Yard
Medium: Charcoal on Paper (lines digitally emphasized)
Description: working from life to translate distant and nearby objects into a series of carefully observed positive and negative shapes on a flat piece of paper
4.) Date: February 2025
Title of Work: Still Life with Shells and Skull
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Description: collaborative work focusing on figure/ground relationships and composition
3.) Date: January 2025
Title of Work: Camel
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Description: collaborative work focusing on describing the volume of an animal using cross contour lines
2.) Date: December 2024
Title of Work: Self Portrait
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Description: focusing on proportions, and on how the parts relate to the whole
1.) Date: December 2024
Title of Work: Anatomy of the Upper Arm
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Description: collaborating on a mannequin drawing from direct observation, and adding bones, muscles and cross contour lines
Savyon’s Portfolio
3.)
Date: June, 2023
Title of Work: Comic Book Page
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: composition, anatomy and perspective
2.)
Date: April, 2023
Title of Work: Mannequin in Perspective
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: drawing a mannequin in perspective, from direct observation (cross contour lines added)
1.)
Date: November 16, 2022
Title of Work: Comics Page 01
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: part of a story
Vlad’s Portfolio
12.)
Date: May, 2025
Title of Work: Soldiers
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: This is a panel from a two-page comics spread. Vlad makes use of overlapping, and of dynamic “negative shapes”, for this grouping of figures.
11.)
Date: March, 2025
Title of Work: Arm Sleeve & Hand
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: Vlad did this drawing from a live model. He carefully observed the foreshortened proportions, angles and overlapping folds of the garment on the arm. This drawing will be used as a visual reference for a figure drawing, and this figure drawing will in turn be part of a large scale mural that the students have been collaborating on for the past year and a half.
10.)
Date: February, 2025
Title of Work: Skull
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: observing proportions and shape relationships
9.)
Date: December, 2024
Title of Work: Hand
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: observing contours and creating cross-contour lines to indicate volume
8.)
Date: March, 2024
Title of Work: Soldiers
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: creating characters based on the direct observation of posed mannequins
7.)
Date: November, 2023
Title of Work: Cylindrical Mask
Medium: Ink on Paper
Description: chiaroscuro shading
6.)
Date: November, 2023
Title of Work: Battle Scene
Medium: Ink on Paper
Description: chiaroscuro shading
5.)
Date: August, 2023
Title of Work: Soldier
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: chiaroscuro shading
4.)
Date: April, 2023
Title of Work: Self Portrait (Sitting)
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: proportions and perspective (“mapping out” points and lines)
3.)
Date: March, 2023
Title of Work: Soldier
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: proportions and shading collaboration
2.)
Date: March, 2023
Title of Work: Character
Medium: Graphite on Paper
1.)
Date: October, 2022
Title of Work: Soldier and Western Character
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Description: working with shading and textures
