Cherries

A quick pic using my Prismacolors on Bristol smooth....

Prismacolor pencils in my hand

Very proud of myself, finally getting back into using my prismacolor pencils... The veggie jar was done on bristol smooth and the cowboot was done on pastel paper... I love the texture it gave the jeans and when blended it made the boot a leather texture. Once again when it gets online I see a few things that need to be changed... But I love these none the less! Yeah! I'm back, I hope...

Getting back to it

A prismacolor pencil on Bristol smooth
trying to get back into the swing of my pencils again. I really do enjoy using these pencils and when you use the blender how it just pops!

Color Pencil Cupcakes

MMMMmmmm cupcakes!
Here is my entry to the Different Strokes from Different Folks Challenge from Karin Jurick. This is prisma color pencil on 11 x 13 smooth

I think I will try this picture out in watercolor also. I enjoyed this so much because I love leaving the background white and have those primary colors pop!

Peonies

A first look at a WIP I'm doing for a friend's Birthday.
Colored Pencil on smooth
3"x11"

The bottom here will be the vase. And then a muted brown background... Off I go to finish or maybe I should go do the dishes first...... Argh....nahhhhh....

WIP it good! Ha!

Here are a few WIP's:
This below is a pic of my Grandpa Eric. He passed when I was 6 or 7, a long time ago...
I remember him but only a few moments.
He owned a bar in North Dakota, Bondy's Bar, I'm not sure what to do with the background. I love the way the color pops from the background of the pure white when I use my Prisma Colors. Yet, it needs a background (and some other work on the eyes and hair...). I'm not fond of doing the exact background that is in the photo.
The color varies online from the actual on the paper. Oh well, one of these days I'll figure out which is better to use on which one of my programs with the pixels, resolutions, DPI's, JPEG's, etc.

The next two are works that I'm working on for a friend to use for the elementary school's
Where the Wild Things Are Fundraiser.

This first one was scanned and the white highlight didn't show up on the side of the trees, so on here it looks like the trees are wobbly but truly they aren't as unnatural....
dang scanners.......
Anyway, this one is done in watercolor

And this second I went for Illustration/Cartoon with Colored Pencil

And now I'm off to start something new...... Following the Masters, or Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout-Google Challenge, or maybe Different Strokes from Different folks' challenge...... yipee! I gotta go!

Veggie Crate

Here is the final results of my Veggie Crate using prismacolor pencils. I'm finding vegetables are relaxing to do. I like when they come to life. If you can't remember the old pict. without the leaves , click here for a view.

More to come, I'm working on an oil painting from last month's Following the Masters challenge. I went through a week where I just wasn't feeling creative or motivated. So now I'm a little behind, that's ok, everyone needs a break once in awhile. Stay tuned......

The Virtual Paintout

Barcelona, Spain

Colored Pencil on smooth Bristol

The Virtual Paintout

Veggie Crate

A first look at my newest project! I've been working on this color pencil drawing for about a week now. The gray area will (hopefully) end up looking more like cement sidewalk and the white splotches on the gray will be autumn colored leaves. What do you think? I have enjoyed this soooooo much! (almost hate to sell it!)

GRLZ-RL

A prismacolor pencil picture I'm working on.

6x6 Bristol Vellum

This is pretty much done, I just need to work on the road and the sky. I'll keep the "shoulda" and the "yeah but that..." from being posted out loud. You know how it goes.... Think I'll label it a WIP

First Glimpse

Maxfield Parrish- Spring

A first glimpse at the Following the masters challenge. I chose Maxfield Parrish's "Spring". There are some details that need to be worked on. I was using a small picture from my printer... I found a that putting it on my desktop background brought out more of the details that I need to bring out. I used prisma colorpencils... on my moleskine journal. stay tuned.....

DSDF challenge complete

I attempted the DSDF challenge this week. I tried my prismacolor on Bristol smooth.

I don't feel it came out so good. I don't think my lighting was so good either. My blender pencil got low and scratched the paper.... as you can see. Oh well, I attempted an experiment. Hmmm, yeah, let's just say that..... and my favorite part. the boat.

This one was definitely a bit of a challenge.

Drawings in color

Here is a quick watercolor I got to do of a Palm Tree while on vacation. It's only about 3.5 x 6 and took 15minutes.

The peaches below I did several weeks back. I was trying my prismacolors on a larger scale. Got the picture from a magazine and I enjoyed the DSDF challenge with the veggies so much I wanted to try another food still life.
Peaches in Prismacolor pencil. 8 x 9
on Bristol smooth

This was a challenge from DSDF that was presented long before I knew of the website. But it caught me and I just had to try it. This also was done with Prismacolor pencil. I did a sketch initially and then I wanted to try it with some color. It was done in the car on the way to Alabama. So after many bumps and jiggles of being bounced along the interstate I gave up on trying to do a background or anymore of it...
3 x 5 on Bristol vellum

Hope everyone gets to have some time to sketch, paint, or get creative this weekend. (If I don't get to post again until after all the festivities are done....) I also hope you all have a safe and fun July 4th weekend!

DSDF Challenge -complete

Here is my final and complete drawing from the DSDF Challenge. I reeeally enjoyed this one. I got to know my prismacolors and I'm working with that some more. I can't wait to see what the challenge is next!