ABOUT GEMMA'S DRAWINGS

Of course, all little kids start drawing when they are young. But I would spend my time tracing Prince Charming in the Walt Disney book "Cinderella" until I got it just the way I liked it.

I strongly believe that drawing is the foundation to all artistic ability.

By studying realism and imaginary imagery you can push your artistic boundaries.

I spent many evenings after school drawing pictures in my sketch book. Pictures from still-lifes, nature, other pictures and straight from my head.

My sketch book became more of a mini portfolio than an idea book.

Hardly any of my drawings became paintings or sculptures, but it helped me with understanding light, shadows,mid-tones, positive and negative space in future projects.

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DRAWINGS
	TAYLOR CAGAMPAN A study to warm up my hands and eyes for future drawings and paintings. I like to use accessible models for my profile sketches, so I'll either use myself or friends. MEDIUM: Pencil on sketch paper.
	KELLEE A study to warm up my hands and eyes for future drawings and paintings. I like to use accessible models for my profile sketches, so I'll either use myself or friends. MEDIUM: Pencil on sketch paper.
	BIRTHDAY PRESENT - Jen 2003 As usual I had no idea what to get for a birthday present. So I spent some time drawing one of my favourite internet images. It's not as complete as I originally wanted, but that's all I could do with the little time I had. MEDIUM: Pencil on sketch paper.
	ANGEL 01 I enjoy the look of fairies and pixies. So I spent an evening drawing one that I had been thinking about all week. I also saw it as a possible sculpture but I left it on paper just to keep it to the imagination MEDIUM: Pencil on sketch paper .
	ANGEL 02 Again, another drawing of a fairy that came to mind. I elaborated and made her quite awkward but again just an idea that was materialized on paper. MEDIUM: Pencil on sketch paper.
	DRAGON I used to spend hours drawing demons and surreal imagery that was dark and scary. So I decided to created one that was more traditional than what I was previously doing. A dragon came to mind. MEDIUM: Pencil on sketch paper.
	EVELYN In university I was enrolled in nude modelling classes: 3 courses, 3 hours each, 3 times a day, 3 times a week, for 4 years. Whether is was drawing, painting or sculpture, you can imagine I spent a lot of time studying the human form. MEDIUM: Pencil on newsprint. DIMENSIONS: 10 inches X 24 inches
	COAT Using an everyday object we were to interpret it through shadow and highlights using conté and paper. MEDIUM: Conté on paper. DIMENSIONS: 24 inches X 36 inches