Lost in Translation

These are a few drawings inspired by the movie "Lost in Translation..."

This last one looks like a Francesco Clemente rip-off, although I wasn't thinking of it at the time...all of these are watercolor and Sharpie marker, and in this last one I added red marker.

Singin' in the Rain

Inspired by a shot of Debbie Reynolds in one of the final scenes of "Singin' in the Rain." Watercolor, Sharpie, and pencil.

From a Poster

This drawing (watercolor and pen) is based on a black-and-white photograph on a poster I have in my room.

From Memory

Colors always look brighter on overcast days, no? I saw this pretty combination of colors one day - sea green, dark brown, and slate blue - above the subway station, and tried to take a mental picture because it was so pretty. Then I did my best to recreate it using watercolor and pen. Turns out my picture is not very accurate, so I might try this again later...

Creepy Arm

Alternate titles: "Night of the Living Dead Arm," "Armhair Liberation party," and "Weeeeeee!" It sort of belongs with the two drawings below, also watercolor and Sharpie.

Zwei Kleine Bilder

Both drawings are watercolor, Sharpie, and pencil, and approx. 3"x3". I wanted to make a pair of drawings that were complementary colors but otherwise totally unrelated. Now the tongue just reminds me of The Rolling Stones.

Analyze This!

My roomate (Angel) recently asked me to create three drawings while he observed me work, for an Art Therapy course he is taking. He says that he will now analyze the works and my methods in order to identify aspects of my personality (or something like that...). Boy is he in for a treat! So here are the three drawings I made on three different days, with not much conscious thought behind them, instead I just kind of started drawing and went with the flow. I'm curious to see what conclusions Angel comes to - hopefully I'm not any more crazy than I already think I am!

Drawing #1: watercolor and Sharpie marker...it began as a still life, which I then decided was too boring, so I added the lady.

Drawing #2: um yeah, don't ask. I started by doin' a little watercolor, and then drew on top with Sharpie, but I'm not sure exactly how I arrived at such disturbing figures. The one in the middle is based on a doodle I made on the subway. Here she is in close-up:

Ok, and finally drawing #3...

This one is a little different. I drew on tracing paper instead of bristol paper, colored in with blue pencil and yellow highlighter, and decided not to include any figures. I like to think of it as "geometric parent-child volleyball with a brick wall in place of a net and no ball and also it's raining." Unfortunately the tracing paper is larger than my scanner so the top part got cut off. But you get the jist.

And the winner is...? Well Angel had to choose one of the three drawings to discuss in depth for his paper, and he chose Drawing #3! I kind of liked drawing under pressure, it ended up producing some pretty weird and interesting drawings!