Portfolio Candidates

Here they are! The criteria for selection is this:

Your portfolio should consist of 12-15 pieces that:

• Demonstrate your skill and understanding of representational drawing.
• Show us how you handle the fundamental problems of drawing from observation.
• Draw from actual objects rather than photographs.
• Explore perspective, light, line, shape, texture, colour and composition. (Drawings based on the figure, landscape, and/or still life are recommended).
• Show an exploration of various art making materials, tools and techniques and how you utilize their characteristics and limitations. You may wish to include works created with conté, oil or chalk pastels, pencil crayons, paint, wood, clay or metal.
• Reveal how you express ideas and concepts in your work. Feel welcome to include more imaginative or creative works that communicate or respond to issues, ideas and/or themes of personal interest.

Based on that, which should I pick. Since I'm the only one that reads this, I guess I'm posing this question to myself, but should anyone happen upon this I would greatly appreciate an opinion? Even if it's "you suck, don't quit your day job", because I know that, and I don't have a job. So here they are:

First the paper:Now, I realize I am severely lacking in my representation of the entire figure, and perspective and such, but let's face it- this is probably the best I could have done. Remember, at least one piece must be rejected.

Now the physical stuff:

Roman Column. Weak, but cool. The lines are the worst part, the texture the best. I could do without it.



Crying Man stays. Period.


Same goes for the Camera. It's strong, and functional


The Pipe. Non-functional, but nice anyways.

Plus the other four from the last post.
-The Girl with the Porcelain Face stays.
-Post-Apocalyptic Football Statue stays.
-Living Mug stays.
-Skull- ah, I could go either way.

Also, possibly this one (if only I could change the face/other weaknesses. First drawing/painting I made, oh well)
*POSSIBLE SOLUTION*: I include the pipe and the camera as one entry, together, because they were made in the same stretch, out of the same materials. Eliminates the need for elimination. Help?