Jim Smolen

additve chair - Graphite Bristol Board 11” X 14” March 2010 The object of this exercise was to “build” a chair piece by piece by adding different components together. First, a cube was drawn to display the total volume the chair occupied. Then, one component at a time, drawing the different volumes and refining the objects added to the chair. I did not erase the guide lines to show the purpose of the drawing. Otherwise it is just a contour line drawing of a chair.

contour chair - Graphite Bristol Board 11” X 14” January 2010 The object of this exercise was to show the curvature of a chair by using only contour lines. This chair is one solid piece of plastic, so the curvature of the chair was not easily noticed with out the contour lines.

fish - Graphite Bristol Board 11” X 14” January 2010 The object of this exercise was to explore light on differing textures.

Museum - Graphite Drawing Paper 11” X 14” March 2010 The object of this exercise was to show dimension by shade, shadow, and value. I used the scribble hatching technique in this drawing. The main goal was to show the curvature of the walkway

LE CORBUSIER CHURCH, RONCHAMP, FRANCE - Graphite Drawing Paper 11” X 14” March 2010 The object of this exercise was to show dimension by shade, shadow, and value. I used the scribble hatching technique in this drawing. The main goal was to show the curvature of the roof.

Still Life - Charcoal Drawing Paper 24” X 36” September 2009 The object of this exercise was to show dimension using tone and value.

Logs - Graphite Drawing Paper 11” X 14” March 2010 The object of this exercise was to show dimension by shade, shadow, and value. I used the scribble hatching technique in this drawing. The main goal was to show the curvature of the logs.

Starry Spoon - Ink Bristol Board 11” X 14” January 2010 This object of this exercise was to show shade, shadow, and value with out drawing contour lines.

Einstein Observatory - Graphite Drawing Paper 11” X 14” February 2010 The object of this exercise was to draw a contour line drawing and show dimension using various hatching techniques.

Wine Glass - Charcoal Newsprint 18” X 24” September 2009 The object of this exercise was to use a range of values to show depth and dimension in a still life

Tooth Ache - Graphite Bristol Board 11” X 14” January 2010 The object of this exercise was to show the curvature of a a sculpture This tooth sculpture is several layers of plywood carved away. so the curvature of the tooth and the textures from the plywood was not easily noticed with out the contour lines.

self portrait - Charcoal, Conte Drawing Paper 24” X 36” October 2009 The object of this exercise was to create a self portrait. The face was laid out using classic Greek proportions, and drawn by the non-dominant hand. The drawing is to reflect the inner character of the artist. I always have a similar smile on my face when I view this piece

Nude Male - Charcoal, India Ink Drawing Paper 24” X 36” December 2009 The object of this exercise was to create an abstract background using India ink and modify a drawing to incorporate the background with the drawn figure. I lucked out in that the abstract background did not interfere with the figure too much.

Graphite Bristol Board 11” X 14” January 2010 The object of this exercise was to show the way light reacted to different shapes and the shadows they cast. The snow on the ground produced organic shapes which allowed for atmospheric perspective to give the drawing depth

Room with a View - Graphite Bristol Board 11” X 14” February 2010 The object of this exercise was to experiment with two forms of perspective within a drawing. The focal point of the one-point perspective becomes the focal point of composition. Atmospheric perspective is used across the horizon line to the left. The view is looking over a forest and water

proportion exploration - Graphite Bristol Board 11” X 14” January 2010 The object of this exercise was to explore the volumes created the planes whose area is in a 1:1 proportion to the planes of the cube.

Food Chain - Colored Pencil, Marker, Construction Paper Drawing Paper 24” X 36” November 2009 The object of this exercise was to choose a controversial topic and create an original piece of art demonstration my position. The topic I chose was vegetarianism. I feel that having a man dangling over farm land holding on to a chain that spells food attached to cow carcasses displays my thought.