Kyle Vernon

Saffronia

November 11, 2021

Saffronia - From four women

Name recommended by Aaron Coleman.

I started this sketch out a few weeks ago and came back to it. I will likely work up this digital versions into a pastel on board in the coming weeks. I created this in Procreate using my familiar charcoals and 3rd party paper textures. this time with some color added.

The inspiration comes from some old wooden sculptures we had around the house when I was young. I’m not sure if they still exist at my brothers house now but I remember them from way back and that rough cut finish but I wanted to soften the feel a bit.

I will be posting a video of this digital version of the artwork. And likely selling the pastel on completion. Sizes will be named later for the physical piece in pastel, probably 10”x20”

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I am Kyle Vernon,

I am currently playing around with techniques that allow me the freedom of using digital devices to draw and paint not necessarily more easily but more fearlessly. My plan is to merge digital with traditional, not necessarily “embellishing” but using the digital as an underpainting and glazing color and detail on top.

I’m working with a variety of surfaces as outputted substrate, suited to the work. And using pastels (right now) and attempting to glaze with them. I’m doing this to create an original painting. I suppose it would be classified as mixed media.

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W.E.B. Dubois

This is one in part of a series of notable people who attended or taught at Central State and or Wilberforce University. An old friend offered an idea after seeing some of my work on FB and I have decided to take him up on it and work on a few pieces depicting these wonderful people who have had such and influence on HBCU’s, specifically the aforementioned.

Alisa Makes a Meany Face

This drawing was motivated by my sister and how she was wearing her hair that day. I thought it was different and since I’m fighting with drawing hair or to be more precise trying to find my own way in drawing hair I thought that her style that day would present me with a challenge.

The Stretch