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...

A sketch from 20 years ago!

A small sketch I did a long time ago. I burnt the edges of the paper as something different. This was probably one of the first times I tried sketchy the human body, I still struggle with it.

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!

I need a boost

It's been so long since I've posted anything! I'm not sure if it's me being busy with my kids and their activities or if I'm just not feeling the creative juices flowing. This below I did several weeks ago, color pencil. I just can't figure out what to do with the background. I'm stuck.
Seems that from May thru August I couldn't put my sketchbook down. And now I can't seem to get myself to pick it up! I'm sure it's just a phase, I'll find my motivation again somewhere....

This big fat rabbit sketch is from a photo, I just had to try it out with pastel. Well, wish me luck to find my artsy mojo. I'm going to plop myself in front of my art/drafting table and pick up a colored pencil and hope for inspiration. What get's you inspired and motivated out of a creative mind fog?

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!

Hollow-Sketches

A quick sketch from Illustration Friday's challenge "Hollow". We have a lot of RedHeaded Woodpeckers that have put a lot of holes in some trees near our house. This is what I think of when I hear the word Hollow.

Here is another quick sketch I did late at night, from a picture.

Moleskine cow

A slight funny there-instead of Holstein cow...ha ha ha!
A past challenge from the DSDF site. Brought the moleskine out to sketch and ended up starting the cow photo. I need to get the current photo printed and get going..... check out the site!

CigBreak- Portrait

A sketch to share with you. It's been awhile since I've done a portrait sketch. I still enjoy them very much. I'm learning everday with sketching everyday. New subjects, new media, I'm having fun, but portraits are where I started and will probably always feel pretty comfortable doing.

This is a close up pic from my camera of a sketch I did from a Midwest Living mag picture.

Here's the color pic below:

A side by side pic from my camera...

In the moleskine journal from the scanner...

I didn't change the pixels on the moleskine scan. It's interesting how a scanner and a camera photograph change the same picture.

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!

Prismacolor pencils vs. Pastel pencils

This is a 5 minute sketch I tried with my new pastel pencils. I like that it's easier to erase than colored pencils. Has anyone tried the "Magic Black Eraser" on prisma color pencils or the "Magic White-Extra soft"? On White or Black paper? I like how prismacolors blend, but it doesnt take much for the pastels to blend either, and easy to change mistakes.

I'm off to get my stuff ready for my beach trip next week. I'm sooooo excited to get some new sketches done with a different scene.

Illustration Friday

Here is my Illustration Friday entry: the word was Temptation

I drew this a little while back, but had named it Temptations, so I had to show this one. This is my weakness....dessert, my temptation

I drew this in my moleskine with graphite and a little charcoal.

The word from this Friday to the next is: Unfold

I think I have something in mind..... will see...

copyright2009

Veggies with Prismacolor

My first pic of veggies from the Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge. I have a little more to finish. (the plate, shadows, corn on the mid-right....) is so much fun tho. I've used prismacolor blendable colorpencils for this.... SO MUCH FUN! GO, TRY IT! FUN!

A Rose

Sketchy! Sketchy! Just another moleskine sketch. I just love the way moleskine is so smooth. Thinking of trying this same flower on Bristol smooth surrounded by other flowers.

This is just a 2B and a 5B that took 45minutes. Hope I get a chance to sketch today.

Here's to hoping your day is great!

Some Moleskine Sketches

Trying to sketch something each day.