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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.

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.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Indian Corn Pencil Drawing

"Indian Corn" Pencil Drawing

9" by 12 " 80lb paper

I have not been able to work on my art as much as I would like lately. I did this piece before Christmas. I really enjoyed working on this still life of Indian Corn. Each piece in this series took a lot of time, but was very enjoyable to work on. I was trying to depict the different colors you find on an ear of Indian corn.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Water Color Nectarine

"Nectarine" Water Color

9" by 11" 100lb. paper

This is my water color study of the nectarine still life. I was fairly pleased with the result. I was happy with the terry cloth dish towel in the back ground. The colored pencil study was over worked i think but I stopped in time with the water color.

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.

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.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Nectarine Pencil sketch

"Nectarine" Pencil Drawing

9" by 11" 100 lb. paper

My study of a cut nectarine. I found depicting the pit was more difficult that I had imagined. Working on the texture of the dish towel in the background was fun. Even using Adobe it is hard to get the pencil drawing to get rid of that reddish orange cast so having a true picture of the work is complicated.