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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Candy Store

"Candy Store"

Colored Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"

Colored Pencil drawing of Lollipops I saw in a candy store in Galveston, Texas. I had fun with this, I enjoy the bright colors in this. In the background are those candy dots they sell.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Tulips

My study of tulips. I used the instruction DVD by Jacqueline Gnott " My Favorite Things" as a basis for this study. I was fairly pleased with the results of this study.

"Tulips"
Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

"Tulips"
Pen and Ink Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

"Tulips"
Colored Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

"Tulips"
Water Color Painting 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

Friday, February 11, 2011

I have not posed lately. I have been working on my art work however. I also bought a new camera and have been trying to learn how to use it. I am posting a study of a strawberry that I worked on at the end of 2010. I am posting all 4 media studies all at once. My favorite is the colored pencil one. I am not as happy with the water color study. Hope you enjoy this touch of summer.

"Straw Berry"
Water Color 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

"Straw Berry"
Color Pencil 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

"Straw Berry"
Pen and Ink 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

"Straw Berry"
Pencil 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Peony Colored Pencil Drawing

"Peony" colored Pencil Drawing 9"by 11"

Copyright by S. Ciaccio September 2010

My colored pencil study of a Peony based on Jacqueline Gnott's Instructional Water color DVD "The Queen. I was very pleased with how this turned out. Peony's are so complex, it is easy to get lost in the petals.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Iris Colored pencil

"Iris" Colored Pencil Drawing 9" by 12"

Copyright by S. Ciaccio July 2010

Colored pencil drawing of iris study. The idea is based on Jacqueline Gnott's instructional DVD. I was not really please with the background of this drawing. I think it should be darker. I will have to work on Iris's again.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Pear and Basket Colored Pencil

"Pear in Basket" Colored Pencil

9" by 12 " 250 GSM

My colored pencil study of the pear in the basket still life. The idea was from Jacqueline Gnott's water color instruction video. I really enjoyed doing this piece. I was pleased with the results.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Orange colored Pencil

"Orange" Colored Pencil

9" by 12 " 250 GSM

My colored pencil study of the orange still life. I like the orange sections in this piece. I used a pumice stone to create the orange peel effect on the orange. I am not sure if i like the background or the choice of color. Like I said before I will have to come back to oranges again another day.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Indian Corn colored Pencil

"Indian Corn" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb. paper

My colored pencil drawing of Indian corn, this exercise is from the "Colored Pencil Painting Bible". I really had fun with developing this work. You would really be surprise how long it took to build up the layers of colors. Indian corn really provides a wide range of colors.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Colored Pencil Nectarine

:Nectarine" Colored Pencil

9" by 11" 100 Lb paper

My study of the nectarine still life in colored pencil. This was the first time I tried to depict cloth with colored pencils. I was fairly pleased with the results. I need to work on how to depict folds and shadows in materiel.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Garlic Clove Colored pencil

"Garlic" Colored Pencil

5" by 7" 250 GSM paper

My study of a garlic clove in colored pencil. The smaller size of this series made it quicker to finish. I am very behind on the blog and will try and get more current.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Wine Bottle Colored Pencil

"Wine with Friends" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb paper

This is my colored pencil study of a wine bottle still life using colored pencil. I felt fairly good about this first attempt at a glass bottle an wine glass with colored pencil, I still have a lot of techniques to learn but at least it is recognizable as a bottle of wine.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Red Bell Pepper Colored Pencil

"Bell Pepper" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb.Paper

This is my colored pencil drawing of the red bell pepper still life. When I first started using colored pencil I was using them more to plan colored for a water color of the same subject but them have become much more then that now. I fell lie they stand on the own now.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Tomato Colored Pencil

"Tomato" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb. paper

This is my colored pencil study of the tomato still life. I used the orderless mineral spirits and the colorless blender with this study. Who knew that colored pencils were so much fun, way past coloring maps in social studies.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Apple Colored Pencil

"Apple" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb paper

I used the techniques from colored pencil panting bible for this study. It has been a excellent reference and practice source. Learning how to layer the colored pencils has really helped me with not only colored pencil but with water colors. I am pleased with the results here. I plan on seeking some expert advice on photographing art work soon.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Pear colored Pencil

"Pear" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 Lb paper

I use the "Colored Pencil Painting Bible" by Alyona Nickeson, for these exercises. I was pleased with the results. The color layering in these exercises is a very good way to review color theory. Remembering that you should go back to the primary colors to create various colors you see. I find it helps to remember breaking down the complex to the simple parts.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Maple leaf Colored Pencil

"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.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Colored Pencil Petunias

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.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Bird House Colored Pencil Drawing

"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.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

"Hurricane Ike" Bloom

colored pencil 14" by 17"

A colored pencil study of the open sunflower. I wanted to add more background to this last study of the sunflower. Horticulture seem to be what catches my eye as I look around for subject mater.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Colored Pencil of Almost a Sun Flower

I am still amazed a how much fun the colored pencils are. I notice that my technique is very heavy handed. I build up very thick layers. that is hard on the paper and at some point the work will not take any more pencil. Colored pencil remind me of how exciting it was to get a new box of crayons when you were young. My technique gives that waxy build up you get from crayons. For me there was never a better present then a brand new box of cayongs. Their smell can still get to me.