Cross Culture & Genre - Creative Figure Drawing

I haven't updated my blog in a while, been working working working on art. I will add all of the recent images as soon as I photograph them... quite a bit of stuff. Here is one of my recent creative figure drawings done at UC Berkeley. I've been experimenting around with a mixture of culture and genre. In this piece I examine what I call a "Sci Fi-Victorian" (Scitorian) lingerie garment, the Maroi culture tattoos and a Japanese anime Mecha head. Also mixing fine art genre with concept illustration.

Mental Health Care

My first self-published book...

My first published book of drawings is here!!!
I'm so thrilled to have this finally completed.
Purchase a copy!

Dawood Marion Drawings of Random People Vol. 1 by Dawood Marion 

Drawing portraits

Last week a couple of my students asked me to draw them. This is what came out of that session.

New World Leaders
11x14
Ball point pen in Sketchbook

This is my good friend Bola Thompson. She was drawing me as I was drawing her.

Bola
11x14
Ballpoint pen in sketchbook

Oil painting of transit scene

This is a reportage painting from a drawing I did yesterday on subway (Bart) train in San Francisco. 

Here is the initial sketch done on the train.

Transbay Tube

16x12
Oil on Canvas

Young people on transit

I wonder what it's like to be a female riding on transit staring out the window in deep thought when suddenly a guy approaches you with a sketchbook and on the page is a drawing of you... as he begins to smile.

Queen on transit using smart phone
11x14
Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Young people on transit

11x14
Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Young people on transit2

11x14
Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Man reading on transit

11x14 

Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Drawing Teens

Young Sistah' on her way to school plugged into her smart phone.

 11x14 

Ballpoint pen on paper

Drawing on the bus today...

This was a young Queen on the transit. I did a quick sketch and added the gouache wash right there on transit. Tremendously uncomfortable but the lighting was so nice I had to try and capture it.

Girl riding to school

11x14

Pencil and Gouache in Sketchbook

Drawing Ruth

My drawing buddy Ruth Smith

8x11
Ballpoint pen in sketchbook

Drawing in San Francisco again....

Taught a Drawing class at The University of San Francisco today. These are the drawings I cranked out on the commute to and fro.

Man on train using smart phone
Ballpoint pen
11x14

Asian woman on Muni Bus (route 31) in San Francisco holding plastic grocery bag
Ballpoint pen in sketchbook
11x14

Passenger on subway train
Ballpoint pen in sketchbook
11x14

The Black Woman Collection (update)

Another portrait of Jessica Porter

Portrait of Ruth (detailed close-up)

Ruth Smith (age 96)

Portrait of Ruth (detailed close-up): Ruth Smith (age 96)Ballpoint Pen on Paper

Ballpoint Pen on Paper

Deeper Though...

More drawing people on the transit.

This was a draw/ painting demo

This was a demo drawing/painting I did of one of my students. She was deeply into her work at peace and I had to capture it. I build beautiful relationships through teaching. The instruction I offer helps people in so many different ways. The bond that this student and I have is expressed in the care I took in rendering this work.

Vergie
12 x 9
Ball point pen and gouache on paper

More from the Violin Class

Muni drawing

Reportage Drawing done on Muni Transit # 71 (Haight St.) in San Francisco.

Ballpoint pen and watercolor
18 x 12

Drawing hands again

Figure Drawings in early June

More Figure Drawing...

More sessions with Sarah. Absolutely love this model. She strikes incredible poses without thinking about it what-so-ever and gets me in the zone every time. Can't wait for the next session with her.

Figure Drawing - Sarah

New Figure Drawings... Model's name is Sarah and did a great job. Not all models strike poses that are elegant. This model had me in the zone.