Acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 30″
I started this drawing without a plan, deciding to just let things happen. You can often come up with some exciting finishes by doing this. Other times you wish you had thought it out more. Either way, it’s fun.
The first thing I did was to make a line drawing on the computer. I then copied the line drawing in pencil on charcoal-grade paper.
Next, on a whim, I added shading using a charcoal pencil.
I didn’t like that at all and in an attempt to save the drawing I used a smudge stick to soften the charcoal. It’s not great but it is what it is.
Pen and charcoal on paper, 8 1/2″ X 7 1/2″
This drawing of my Mom as a teen earned it’s title because that’s what she wrote across the photograph the drawing was inspired by.
Chalk and charcoal on color paper, 8″ X 10″
Some people aren’t sure what I’m talking about when I mention water soluble pencils. They look and work like regular ol’ color pencils except if you dip a paintbrush in water and go over them they dissolve. Regular ol’ pencils will just get wet. In case you were wondering what the pencil drawing (October 21, 2009, “Seated Woman in Color“) looked like before I added the wash, well, here it is. If I were going to leave it as a pencil-only drawing I would have 1) used different paper; this is very coarse watercolor paper, and 2) I would have added a lot more detail. You can see a regular ol’ color pencil example, September 27, 2009, “South Padre“.
This is a hybrid drawing/painting. It was done with water soluble pencils finished with a delicate wash. Even though it utilizes a brush and painting styles it is more of a drawing than a painting.
Watercolor pencil on paper, 10″ X 10″
Four generations of dentists in one family. Impressive. So they wanted me to do some portraits for them. They are all separate drawings. I put them together in one image just for convenience and comparison. We added jackets so all the images would be similar. Then we gave them all name tags showing who they are and what school of dentistry they attended. And, oh yeah, the next dentist is already in college.
Each drawing: pencil on paper, 8″ X 6″
Color pencil on color paper, 10″ X 15″
Acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 30″
