Pastel Drawing

 (approx 18" x 24"Window Fruit - Darryl Z. Oates)

Above a pastel drawing/painting of fruit and plant in window.

Art drawing using pencils

(Textured Bathroom Glass Window - Darryl Z. Oates )

Above is a pencil drawing of textured glass window I had in an apartment. In the morning it gave me a different atmospheric abstract picture every day.

A poetic Illustration

 'Sweet Dreams'
(Digital Illustration by Darryl Z. Oates)

This digital illustrative image began as a charcoal drawing then I digitized it and I used graphic software to finish the image.

Art drawing of memorial using pastels

(Bushnell Arch Magic marker and Oil Pastels - by Darryl Z. Oates)

This fourth of July I decided to take my pencils pens to the famed Hartford monument commemorating those Connecticut residents who served in the civil war. I walked around the monument and tried to find figures that would summarize the monument. The figures above were my choices. The statue to left represents the liberation of slaves and the statue to the left is memorial to union soldiers that served and gave their lives.

So many lives, so many untold stories, the saying goes if you don't know your past you won't know your future I encourage all to take a moment and visit the memorial, or another monument near you that tells of American sacrifices and think about the sacrifices and untold stories, happy belated fourth.

Darryl Z. Oates

Art Drawing Sketch of performer

 

 Quick Pencil Sketch - Darryl Z. Oates

CD reads DJ Knowledge in back.

Pencil Sketch of Poet

Pencil sketch of a poet reading

Sketch made at a venue in Down Town Hartford

Artist Voice - Hello

Greetings and Happy Drawing