The Art of Colby Jones
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.
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″
