The Art of Colby Jones
When you’re three it’s nice to have someone around to push you in a swing. It’s even better if it’s your cousin and she’s the same age as you are. It’s also fun being the cousin who gets to do the pushing. Well, it is until a couple of seconds later when the swing comes back and pops you in the lip. Then it’s not so much fun.
I pieced together three photos to arrange this drawing.
Pencil on paper, 13″ X 13″
This is an old painting. Back then, when practicing and experimenting, I would select photos from magazines and try to recreate them in my style.
Acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 36″
As a token of appreciation I drew a caricature of a friend who has helped me numerous times with this website. You might be wondering, “if this is how he thanks his friends….”
He keeps trying to nudge me into the 21st century but it hasn’t worked yet. He’s got his own blog, among many other endeavors. It’s about nothing in particular, running the gamut from geeky tech stuff to hilarious videos. Check it out at: http://onemansblog.com.
I’ve been playing around with watercolor pencils again. I picked on rock-n-roll icon Chuck Berry this time. I decided to overlap a facial portrait with his signature “duck walk.”
Watercolor pencil on watercolor paper, 9″ X 8.5″
This is my lovely daughter-in-law, mother of two of my grandchildren. My son, like his dad, has great taste in women.
Pencil on paper, 9″ X 12″
I painted this a long time ago. When I just happened across a digital file of it I thought, what the heck, I’ll post it. It’s characteristic of my paintings at that time: quickly done with larger brushes and simple brushstrokes.
Acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 36″
This has been on my den wall for awhile and I just thought I’d share it with you. It is actually two different drawings. I separated the images in the original photo to show the child in one drawing and the grandmother in the other. They are matted and framed separately but hang side by side on the wall.
Pencil on paper, each drawing is 7″ X 10″.
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.
