Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009"Maple Leaf" Colored Pencil
This is the second drawing I have used mineral spirits. I plan on practicing more and more with this technique. I need to find some heavier weight paper, then I used on this piece.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Colored Pencil Petunias
Copyright by S. Ciaccio July 2009"Petunia Basket" Colored Pencil
11" by 14" 80 lb paper
I used a different technique with this drawing. I have been reading "Colored Pencil Painting Bible" by Alyona Nickelsen. She suggests using a solvent to mix the layers of colored pencil together. This was my first attempt at using a solvent . It really helps blend the various layers of colors together. I plan to practice this technique more.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Pen and Ink Petunia
Copyright by S. Ciaccio June 2009
"Petunia Basket" Pen and Ink Drawing
11"by 14" 80 lb paper
Pen and In k drawing of the petunia basket in my back yard.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Back yard Petunia
Copyright by S. Ciaccio June 2009
"Backyard Petunia" Pencil Drawing
11" by 14" 80 lb paper
Drawing of a petunia basket i have hanging in the back yard from my china berry tree. They were really beautiful this spring but now Texas is in a major heat wave and the petunia's are getting leggy and. the heat is really effecting all my plants now.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Bird House Water Color
Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009"Is Anybody Home?"
watercolor
11" by 14" 100lb. paper
A watercolor painting of a birdhouse on a cotton wood tree. The birdhouse is a wren house with a very small entry hole for the birds. When you get up close and look in you can see it has been stuffed with nesting material over the years. You wonder how many generations of wrens have been raised there.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Bird House Colored Pencil Drawing
Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009
"Is Any Body Home?" Colored Pencil Drawing
11" by 14" 80 lb. paper
My colored pencil drawing of the bird house on a cottonwood tree in Nebraska. this drawing is from a sketch I did April. The only green that was showing was the moss on the side of the tree. I really like to do these images in sets of four, using different media on each rendering. They are the same yet not the same. I am trying to decide if they should be displayed as a set of 4 drawings and painting or viewed individually.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Pen and Ink Bird House
Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009"Is Anybody Home?" Pen and Ink Drawing
11" by 14" 80 lb. paper
I have been working on my art, I just have not been posting as I should. I finished the backyard fence repair from Hurricane Ike just in time for the next hurricane season. The heat is on in Texas so going outside for journal drawing has had it draw backs. I have not kept up that habit as I should.
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