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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Lilies of the field.

"LILY "

Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"

Pencil study of Lilies in the park near my house. The pencil drawing was done last fall. Some of the last flowers left after a long hot summer Pencil drawing was started on site then finished at home with help from photo reference. The Pen and Ink was all done at home.

"Lily"

Pen and Ink Study 9" 11"

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Magnolia

My study of a Northern Magnolia. Used the instruction DVD from Jacquelin Gnott as a basis for this study. From her "My Favorite Things" DVD. I was pleased with all four of the studies. I added colored ink to the pen and ink drawing. The magnolia needed some pink touch to it.

"Magnolia"

Water Color 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2011

"Magnolia"

Colored Pencil 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2011

"Magnolia"

Pen and Ink Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2011

"Magnolia"
Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio 2011

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

Straw Berry

Sorry I have been remiss.

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

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Peony Pen and Ink Drawing

"Peony" Pen and Ink drawing 9" by 11"

Copyright by S. Ciaccio August 2010

My pen and ink study of a peony. Image and idea is from Jacqueline Gnotts instructional DVD "The Queen". When I work on the pen and ink studies I am really forced to plan the shapes and forms. Peonies can seem very chaotic.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Iris Pen adn Ink

"Iris" Pen and Ink Drawing 9" by 12"

Copyright by S. Ciaccio July 2010

Pen and Ink drawing of Iris study. The design based on Jackqueline Gnott's watercolor instruction DVD "Morning Light" Out of the 4 studies this is the one I was happiest with. I love the look of an Iris.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Pear in Basket Pen and Ink

"Pear in Basket" Pen and Ink

9" by 11" 250 GSM

My pen and ink study of the pear in a basket design This is based on an instructional DVD by Jacquelline Gnott. I found this study fun with the different textures and trying to depict lace. the studies in pencil and pen and ink really forces me to think about values and shapes. It helps me resolved problems and become familiar with the subject before interjecting color into the study.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Orange Pen and Ink

"Orange" Pen and Ink

9" 12 " 250 250 GSM

My pen and ink study of the orange still life. I had fun with this study but like the pencil study I think i will come back some time and try another orange. the orange peel texture really took over this drawing and i may try a more subtle approach some time.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Indian Corn pen and ink drawing

"Indian Corn" Pen and Ink Drawing

9" by 12" 80 lb paper

My pen and ink drawing of the Indian Corn . I was very pleased with how this study came out. It took a lot of time to build up the layers of shade. I watered down some of the ink for the gray parts.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Pen and Ink Nectarine

"Nectarine" Pen and Ink

9"12" 100 Lb. paper

My study of the nectarine still life in pen and ink. A nectarine has a mottled skin, it is not fuzzy like a peach and it is not shiny like an apple or pear. Just like with the pencil the pit and the hole were the pit was were the most challenging.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Garlic Pen and Ink

"Garlic" Pen and Ink

5"by 7" 100lb paper

My pen and Ink study or a garlic bulb. the papery skin of a garlic bulb was hard to represent with pen and ink. I think I did a better job of it with the other media I used. I do like how the pen and ink forces you to depict things with a line.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Wine bottle Pen Ink

"Wine with Friends" Pen and Ink

9" by 11" 100lb paper

My pen and ink study of wine bottle , wine glass and wine opener. Went with more of a line effect on this study and now I am wondering if it would have been better with a pointillism effect. I may do a second study on this and then compare the two drawings.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Red Pepper Pen And Ink

"Red Bell Pepper" Pen and Ink

9" by 12" 100lb. paper

This is my pen and ink study of a red bell pepper still life. I am finding my work with pen and ink the most interesting. Since ink is always the same value you have to learn how to get contrast with using line direction and placement. Each media presents it's own problems and elements to learn how to control each study has taught me something.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tomato Pen and Ink

"Tomato" Pen Ink

9" by 12 " 100lb Paper

This is my pen and ink study of the tomato still life. BLT anyone? I found cutting the tomato open and drawing the a interesting challenge. The different textures were fun to try and depict with the various media I used.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Pen and Ink Bing Cherries

"Bing Cherries" Pen and Ink

9" by 12" 100 lb paper

My pen and ink study of a Bing cherry still life. I found depicting the texture of Bing cherries a challenge. I decided the a pointillism approach was better then crosshatching. I may have to go back and redo some of these pen and ink still life's and try a line approach with cross hatching instead of the dotting approach of pointillism.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Apple Pen and Ink

"Apple" Pen and Ink Drawing

9" x12" 100lb. paper

This is my pen and ink study of an apple still life. I notice that my pen and ink work has a different quality from the other three studies i do. the pencil, colored pencil and water color are more concerned with realism, while the pen and ink tends to be more stylistic. I am not sure why, it seems to me something that the media I chose dictates.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Pen and Ink Pear

"Pear" Pen and Ink drawing

9" by 12" 100lb paper

The pear still life in pen and ink. I really struggled with the water drops on this one. I need to keep working at it. I start with a pencil drawing first to work on size and values, second I usually work on a pen and ink. Pen and Ink is unforgiving, no correcting mistakes or do overs. You can not erase ink.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Pen and Ink Bird House

"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.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Maple Pen and Ink

"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.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Sun Flower Bloom Pen and Ink

When drawing this sunflower and looking at others I have seen, I am always struck by the arrangement of the seeds in the sunflower head. It is what is know as the golden ratio. http://www.geocities.com/jyce3/pineandsun.htm I found an excellent we site that explains the occurrence of this ration in nature. Math and Art together can be a very interesting study, they have more in common then you would suspect.