I'm going to be teaching a class. Beginning Life Drawing

For the last few months, I've been helping to create advertising for the Mexican American Cultural Center as well as participating in their open air art market, "Hecho a Mano". Well, I've decided to offer a class at the center and chose figure drawing. It's a subject that I love and I think it will be a good experience. One of the reasons I'm doing it is because I've been playing with the idea of being a teacher and going back to school for teacher certification. If this class does well, then I'll be heading back for school. There is a problem though; I've been looking around and no one seems to offer certification for art, unless you count the big universities that also make you take a lot of extra classes.

In regards to the class, it will be a short 8 week program covering basics such as gesture drawing, using line weights to render form and light source, shading to create volume, and a whole lot of direct study of models to create accurate, proportionate figures. I also want to touch on some technical subjects about paper selection, transferring and using light tables, and protecting drawings. Since it's such a short class, I don't know if there will be time to jump into making accurate portraits, we'll have to see how fast they learn.

What I'm needing most are MODELS. All sizes, sexes, and races. I think what I'll do is have 4 models and put them in a rotation. This way students can chart their progress by comparing their early work to the end of class.

CLASS BEGINS MARCH 5- APRIL 23, EVERY WEDNESDAY 6-8 PM.

TOADIES.. TOADIES... TOADIES!

Holy shit! That was an incredible show! I caught the Toadies at the new music hall last night. Probably the best show I've been to in the last few years.

the music hall itself looks ok, but there are some sound issues with it. the second floor has really nasty acoustics. I feel sorry for the clowns who got VIP and were stationed up there. Since all the surfaces are hard and flat, the bass was bouncing all over the place and made for a very boomy, muddy mess. Hopefully the builders will fix the problem and add some insulation. the sweet spot of the first floor for me was towards the back under the second floor balcony. The balcony cuts out much of the boom and you can finally hear the rest of the band.

THE SHOW: Highlight of the night without a doubt was "Tyler". they played it 3 songs into the set and the crowd went crazy. It was like a singing a christmas carol or something. Everyone sang and it was clear enough to hear every word. Fucking amazing! Then the other songs like "Possum Kingdom, Burn, and others got similar treatment. It was like hanging out with 4000 of your best drunk friends.

At the end of the show there were 2 encores. the first was a 4 song micro set that included doll Skin, and Burn. Doll Skin has a special relevance to me because a few years back I wrote a screenplay titled, "Dementia". the lead character is on a set to shoot a music video and has a psychotic episode, leading to some grisly encounters. the song Doll skin's first stanza is very much in the spirit of the script.

Another highlight was during the procession out of the music hall. The vibrations of the sound stuck with me for probably another 20 minutes and I couldn't stop smiling. All in all, a pretty fucking glorious night. If you love anything about music you HAVE to see this band!

A New Sketch

I don't really have anything to say abut this image other than I'm proud of how it came out. I've been on a middle eastern art kick for a while, so you'll definitely see more.

New illustration

Here ya go. Ok, ok... I was in a hurry today. I was thinking of some old times I had downtown and when I used to see bands. i miss those days. I laid out th egrid because I was thinkin gof how it would look on canvas. The next one will be better. Promise.

An Illustration a day

Ok, I've looked around on different artist sites and I want to give this a try. I'll be positng up a new illustration every couple of days. They will be mostly black and white, since it just takes too much time to color, and will be in a variety of styles. I'll also be revamping the douglasbrownartist.com site to try and make it a little cleaner.

All of these illustrations will be for sale. I'll try putting them on ebay and will have a link for the piece shortly. So what illustration is going up first?




The title is "Mic" and measures 11"x14". Enjoy bidding.

HEROES:Roadtrip

I put my paintbrush down to focus on another hobby/passion of mine: writing.

I've written a couple of screenplays in the past and entered them in competitions. I did fairly well.

Recently, I've gotten wrapped up in HEROES. I love the show, and decided to have some fun and create a fan fiction. Here is a brief description:



HEROES:Roadtrip


Jessica Sanders's mind is never at peace... and she's sick of it. When the promise of a "fix" to be rid of Nikki is presented to her, she jumps at the chance. The hitch: she needs Claire Bennett. What results is a cross-country journey of discovery, loyalty, friendship, and betrayal as Jessica delivers her payload into the hands of her mysterious savior; Sylar!


I'll be adding the story here in chunks. Stay tuned.

I'll be participating in this art event

This is an event held by a good friend of mine, Sylvia Swearengin form IN Latin Style. IN Latin Style is a networking organization for young latino professionals. I'll be auctioning off one of my paintings there and slinging the drinks, so come on down and get loaded!