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"Joe’s Skull” was a deciding factor in naming a new series which includes older pieces. This series will be drawings that I have done and will do for my kids. It may include pieces that have been done specifically for close friends and family. Im not sure yet of how that will end up... There are three pieces in that series currently: "Lines for Lucas", "Jessie’s Christmas List", and now this one, "Joe’s Skull”.

Joe’s Skull was a new challenge for me because charcoal is a medium that is not familiar to me. Being that it was on low quality black paper with lines of texture running up and down the page, I was not thinking I would get the results that I did. It doesn’t take much to see the lines in the drawing and you can see how I used them to create a lot of the images throughout the piece. The white on black was so brilliantly contrasted and mixed with the texture that I was able to bring out so many faces and other micro images. I feel as though I just watched the charcoal pencil paint the content on, with me looking on. It was fun. I like this drawing so much that I framed the first print and hung it up.

This piece was drawn knowing it was going to be for my oldest son, Joe. He and I are very similar, so creating this with him in mind was easier than some I’ve done. I hid a couple of things for him to find in the piece, such as one of his knifes. The main image which is a skull, of course, was especially fun for me because I knew Joe would love it and I grew up drawing skulls. My art teacher in high school (my all-time favorite teacher) always told us “no skull and cross bones”. I argued that It was the most interesting and intricate bone in the body-way better than a cow femur, which is one of the still life subjects we used. He then let me draw a skull and cross bone on my portfolio folder.

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"Joe’s Skull” was a deciding factor in naming a new series which includes older pieces. This series will be drawings that I have done and will do for my kids. It may include pieces that have been done specifically for close friends and family. Im not sure yet of how that will end up... There are three pieces in that series currently: "Lines for Lucas", "Jessie’s Christmas List", and now this one, "Joe’s Skull”.

Joe’s Skull was a new challenge for me because charcoal is a medium that is not familiar to me. Being that it was on low quality black paper with lines of texture running up and down the page, I was not thinking I would get the results that I did. It doesn’t take much to see the lines in the drawing and you can see how I used them to create a lot of the images throughout the piece. The white on black was so brilliantly contrasted and mixed with the texture that I was able to bring out so many faces and other micro images. I feel as though I just watched the charcoal pencil paint the content on, with me looking on. It was fun. I like this drawing so much that I framed the first print and hung it up.

This piece was drawn knowing it was going to be for my oldest son, Joe. He and I are very similar, so creating this with him in mind was easier than some I’ve done. I hid a couple of things for him to find in the piece, such as one of his knifes. The main image which is a skull, of course, was especially fun for me because I knew Joe would love it and I grew up drawing skulls. My art teacher in high school (my all-time favorite teacher) always told us “no skull and cross bones”. I argued that It was the most interesting and intricate bone in the body-way better than a cow femur, which is one of the still life subjects we used. He then let me draw a skull and cross bone on my portfolio folder.