Amy Haney Art

Damselfly

Every summer, at my parents cabin there are hundreds of damselflies. Their blue color is so intense and beautiful. The best thing about them is when you're sitting around outside, they will just land on you and hang out for a while. When they're on my arm or hand, I can pull them closer for inspection. I love their big eyes and the tiny lines on their wings. (By the way, this one is waaaay out of proportion. I wanted it to look as big as a dragonfly!)

Drawings

Sometimes I get to draw with my students in class, and sometimes I even get to finish those drawings. We have some pretty cool objects in the still life closets. This is a spine from some creature and I just couldn't resist drawing it. We were working with contour lines this day. 

We've also had to practice drawing hands holding objects to work with shading and proportion. I know, not the most exciting images. I think they turned out good and were worth sharing! 

not nirvana

So....everytime I look at this drawing I think of the Nirvana "Nevermind" album cover. I know it's different, but the floating baby seems to be similar for some reason. This was another India ink study I did with my students. I surprised myself (alot) with this one. It started off looking really crappy, but now that I look at it, it's not too bad. Right? 

drawing with ink

I was working on some India ink drawings with my students a while back and got really excited about the ink effects. I love the greys and blurred edges the ink can create. 

Here's a fish in a soda can. He's giving you the cold stare down. 

Bat

Another bat I did in drypoint. Tricky little guy. So, I've been thinking that bats are so very misunderstood. They're not so terrible, they eat bugs for us. This one, he just wants some candy or something. Check out his pointy teeth!