Maple leaf Colored Pencil

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.

Maple Leaf Water Color

copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009

"Maple Leaf"

Water Color 12" by 16" 140 lb. paper

This is the first time I used a salt technique with water color. I enjoyed the process but I am sure you have to be careful not to over do it. As a potter I used salt in the kiln and it produces a orange peel look on glaze. Learned a lot on this piece.

Maple Pen and Ink

Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2009

"Maple Leaf on Walk"

Pen and Ink 80lb paper

The pen and ink drawings are hard to take photos of the glare is increase. I need to take a photography class soon. Each new thing i learn leads to three more new things I want to learn. Is that good or just attention deficit.

Maple Leaf on Daily Walk

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"Maple Leaf"

Pencil Drawing 11" by 14" 80lb. paper

They planted several new Maple and Oak trees around an retaining pond near my house. They put them in right after Hurricane Ike hit so they were not hurt by the storm. There is a walking trail with a nice brick sidewalk that I use for my daily walk. I picked up some of the leaves this winter and took pictures of them.

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