Powder Sgrafitto Abstract Drawing Challenge _ Day 14 Despair

Day 14 assignment is to draw despair in the abstract.  I'm attempting to use tone to depict despair... the shadow of despair...

Powder Sgrafitto Abstract Drawing_Day 13 Slavery

I have to say I didn't like today's topic. The loneliness, the heart ache, the fear, the scars.  How does one overcome that experience?  It haunted me all day as I thought about those who suffer at the hands of despicable people.

What I learned from this assignment is about the role emotion plays in one's art.  Those thoughts came through my hands today.

Powder Sgrafitto Abstract Drawing Challenge_Day 12 Motivation

Today's assignment is to draw "motivation" in the abstract.  My intent was to try to use light to show motivation in this lady's face.  It was a little too ambitious for my skill level but not a bad effort.  This was the end of my time limit so had to stop.  Maybe I'll go back and finish her another time though.  She definitely

has possibilities.

Powder Sgrafitto Abstract Drawing Challenge_Day 11 Infatuation

Today's assignment is to draw infatuation in the abstract.  This drawing is meant to represent how infatuation with another can crowd one's brain.

Powder Sgrafitto Abstract Drawing_Day 10 Elegance

Today's assignment is to draw elegance in the abstract.  When I think of elegance I visualize flow and curves, like that of a woman's silhouette or a flowing delicate fabric.

Powder Sgrafitto Abstract Glass Drawing_Day 9_Fragility

This drawing is meant to depict fragility. Sometimes a spirit is very delicate and vulnerable and can be easily broken or damaged.  But then nature of life is fragile.  Uncontrollable events happen all the time in life. 
Joan Jett writes that life is strong and fragile at the same time. "It's a paradox...It's both things like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time.  It all exists all together."

Powder Sgrafitto Abstract Drawing Day 8

Today's assignment is to draw justice.  Justice was hard for me to convey in abstract.  I miss the simplicity of the world where we had Superman and Batman to stand up for truth and justice. So then we grow up and realize that justice isn't always the same for every person and it isn't meted out equally according to actions, but sometimes one's color, or religion, or any number of traits determines a consequence. 
Step into this world where justice doesn't see color.