Blog assignment #1

The site I chose to review is www.wagonized.typepad.com.  The others were interesting, but this one really hit me.  I loved all the portraits.  Some were self-portraits and some were of loved ones doing mundane things (such as, watching The Daily Show).  Initially, from viewing the sketches, I assumed that there were several artists on here.  There are disparate styles among the sketches.  After reading about the artist who has created this blog, I learned that the artist on here is a former art student who had a career teaching, but never let go of her love of sketching.  I love her work.  The level of detail is remarkable.  Many of her sketches employ cross-hatching very liberally to create a strong sense of depth.  A few sketches, in particular  ("Unmerciful",  "Pigmas & Patton" and "Incredulous") were particularly successful in their use of shading.  I feel the faces really came alive.  They were done in such a way that you would recognize those people on the street.