Cracked Study

Cracked Study
Oil Painting--9"x7"

m&ms that have been smashed. A study when I was searching for candy that I could make look gross or distorted for my final pieces.

Mouth Study

Mouth Study of a Bottle
Oil Painting--5"x4"

A bottle study when I thought I was going to paint a Coke bottle for my final project.
Finally understanding color more, I was pleased with this study despite it being small. The blue and red are washed out a bit.

Pouring Study

Pouring Study
Oil Painting--6"x8"

Rough Pouring Study when I thought I was going to paint a Coke bottle for my final project. I was finally beginning to understand color with including blue in the plastic cup. But it was still only the beginning.

Bottle Study

Rough Bottle Study

Oil Painting--8"x8"

A bottle study when I thought I was going to paint a Coke bottle for my final project.

Child's Findings

"Child's Findings"
Oil and shells--Mixed Media--7"x15"

Another collage project using shells from Margate, New Jersey Shore.

Habitat 2

"Habitat 2"
Oil Painting--13"x8"

Once again, an empty lonely space. Hurray?
Indeed hurray.

Habitat

"Habitat"
Oil Painting--10"x7"

A painting of my room. I enjoy the theme of empty lonely spaces and hope to turn this into a series.

Illusions

"Illusions"
Oil Painting--12"x8"

A mirror with a lighter balancing on top of it reflecting.
A painting I did at the same time as the Habitat pieces.

Chocolate Clouds

"Chocolate Clouds"
Oil Painting--7"x7"

A study that later became one of my final pieces. All browns, before I understood painting with color.

Diana

"Diana"
Oil Painting--23"x15"

One of the first Paintings, I was very pleased to get the results I did as I was fighting to learn oils.

Organic Findings

"Organic Findings"
Oil Painting--15"x7"

Had to mix oils with something collage, and picked organic elements.

Rocks--Oil Painting

"Rocks"
Oil Painting--23"x15"

One of my first paintings. Still was unused to oils at the time.

Blue Dress--Mixed Media

"Blue Dress"
Mixed Media Painting--11"x17"

Day 003--good news drawing

I did this scribble this morning for the "Ward's Corner Good News Gazette" my father publishes in the Norfolk area of Virginia. He's kind enough to include my illustrations so that the 40 businesses it's passed out to and the readers can see them. I hope they enjoy "September".

[For everyone else, I'd like to ask, what does September make you think of? What does it make you feel? For the past 14 years it has meant back to school for me. Excitement and joy to see new people and old, to learn new things and refresh what was forgotten, and best yet, the beginning of fall and things like the leaves changing and soccer, as well as crisp air and the pleasant busyness that school work brings.

So what september memories do you think back to around this time of year?]

C. Skelly

Day 002

Paint then trying to do reverse shading like is often done in white chalk/charcoal on black paper, but instead was done with a colored pencil.
Half covered in blankets.

These are backlogs from summer, so they begin to evolve from pushing myself out of doing nothing into excelling.

C.Skelly

Skellyscribbles Day 001

This is the first page of my moleskin journal that I broke down and bought around May a few months ago. I never wanted to buy one: I didn't understand what was so great about them, or why they were freakin' twenty dollars. But after a summer with my moleskin, the heavy paper and calming cream color have assuaged me of my moleskin phobia and have converted me to join my fellow art students.
I've become a moleskin snob.
It's sad.
I now use 3 of their journals consistently, on for writing, one as a sketchbook, and a thin one with much lighter paper for to-do lists and the like.

But anyways. This moleskin was about just doing art instead of sitting around thinking about doing it, worrying what to draw how good it's going to be, etc. So the moleskin has broken me into new areas, for which I am grateful.

New scribble up soon.
Keep a look out.

C.Skelly

Welcome back. Again.

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to skellyscribblez. again.

After having half a week with family in southern New Jersey [yes, the Jersey Shore, but sorry, wrong shore. Snooki comes from the North], i've finally had people tell me there's a point to posting these drawings and keeping up with it.

I've been ranted at by 3 people in person all saying something along the lines of "where'd all the drawings go?!" [insert an offended, half-jersey accent] and you know there are people actualy paying attention besides the weary artist.

so here we are. again.
back at my task, my goal of skellyscribblez. and i want to do everyday, but what if i don't? then i don't. and hopefully get enough of a fanbase that i get what i've heard lately.
a whole bunch of jersey accents telling me to get up off my tush.

so if you like what you see, please bug me. i'll actually post more.
so here we go.
postingwill resume latest by next week, friday. just when school starts up.
should be interesting.
and if anyone has ideas for art projects or art collaborations they want to work on, please drop me a line, cell phone, here at the blog, on facebook, i want to work with people.

check back soon, and often scribblerz.
til next week, i'll be revving up, and doing drawings.
see you soon

22February2010--Day 4

Again, sepia original done a few weeks ago. But never fear, I did several drawings today--4! and I may have stumbled onto a really great selection of materials but I won't give away my secret yet, people must guess!

I drew this girl in the VCU commons while she was reading, I was quite proud of this one.

21February2010--Day 3

Again, another sketch done a few weeks ago, and again in sepia. I just accidentally scanned these as BW images instead of color ones. I'll have to re-scan them later, and I have to anyways because they scanned as jpgs. I was rushing. meehhh.

Anyways! This girl on the left was so irritating to draw! She kept moving while she was reading her vampire novel and thus I ended up making her look weird as revenge. They guy on the right in the fuzzy russian hat was fun to draw! I didn't fill out his cornrows, but oh well. his hat was surprisingly easy to draw, and I loved this dude wearing it. Totally unexpected. haha.

Enjoy all! I did a drawing today while eating at cracker barrel. Will scan in tomorrow! :D

21 Feb 2010--keep the ball rolling

21February2010

Richmond Cathedral done in 3 parts.

Did this a couple weeks ago (posting it because I am without my scanner, but I did TWO drawings today, i swear!).
On and this was originally done in sepia ink
I have never been a fan of appreciating architecture, especially when it comes to drawing it, but I think I am enjoying it a lot more (and therefore people are boring me??) because it is unfamiliar territory! So Huzzah.

Enjoy, and comment if you like! :D

Enjoy guys!!

cskelly

20 Feb 2010 Back on Track

I did this a few days ago, but I had to get the blog up and running. I'm going to try and do much better about drawing everyday: doing it a lot more, and learning from it. So I need you guys to bug me about drawing!!! COMMENT! =motivation.

Thanks guys! :D