Natasha's Artistic Journey

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Name: Natasha Haggard
Location: Austin/Round Rock, TX, United States

Hi, and thank you for visiting my blog. My name is Natalia ("Natasha"), and I am an artist in my mid-twenties living and working in Austin, Texas. This blog is about life drawing, figurative art and developing my own style and technique. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

A couple of oil paintings I'm working on:

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Drawing Marathon - part 3

Sketches of Kelli:
(Did a lot of costumed 5-7 min poses - which I will use as basis for Domain of Heroes concept art and such:)

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Drawing Marathon weekend - part 2

A few sketches from the second "Naked Lunch" session at Spiderhouse, with Jorge Sermini as the model:

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Drawing Marathon weekend

Nine hours of drawing, three different models.
Almost went through a whole sketchbook.

A few sketches of Tammy, the lead singer of the local band KamuniQue:

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

The drawing that won:)

Here's the 7-min drawing that won the "Naked Lunch" art contest, so next session I get in for free:)

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Naked Lunch

http://nakedlunchaustin.blogspot.com/

Finally, there's a figure drawing class in Austin specifically for animators, that focuses on quick gestures through out the entire 3 hour session. Thanks to Brad from Powerhouse Animation:)

Here are a few sketches from the first session (took place on May 30), with Kelli Bland as the wonderful model.

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Monday, March 9, 2009

Sketch It Out

These are the sketches I decided to send for the "Sketch It Out" group exhibition at APW Gallery (http://www.apwarts.com/).

This is a sketch that I did of my sister a few years ago:
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This is a sketch of Daniella, an art/costume model from LA.
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This is a sketch of Eddie, another art model from LA.
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This is a sketch of Charles, an artist/model/musician and a great friend.
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And this is Amir Bagheri, an Iranian chess grandmaster.. He was playing chess in a coffeeshop, on a corner of Hayvenhurst and Ventura in Sherman Oaks, CA.
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