Tag: color pencil

Folklorico

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A glimpse of  Mexican culture we see so often in Texas; beautiful dresses, exciting music and lots of fun. Click on image to enlarge. Water soluble pencil on watercolor paper, 11″ x 15″

Girl in Blue

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Another oldie. I haven’t had a chance to draw and paint lately. I’ve been keeping my grandkids. And loving every minute of it. Click on image to enlarge. Color pencil on paper, 9″ x 7″

Painting Fingernails

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This tender moment was captured during our church youth group’s mission trip. Click on image to enlarge. Water soluble pencils on watercolor paper, 10″ x 14″

Larry in a Yellow Hat

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This is the choir director at Central Lutheran Church in Dallas. His talent constantly amazes me. He has taken a guy like me, who doesn’t know anything about music, to a guy who is now well aware how much he doesn’t know about music. This drawing was based on a photo taken during the dedication […]

Hands on Face

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I recently re-discovered this drawing from way back. I assumed I had already posted it but couldn’t find it. So, I’ll do it now. Click on image to enlarge. Colored pencil on paper, 10 ½” x 10 ½”

Butterfly

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I was stuck in the house and needed to do something for my sanity so I came up with a quick drawing using watercolor pencils. The idea was to draw most of the girl in grayscale and meld into color toward the butterfly. I was drawing the girl when I suddenly realized I had picked […]

Hair in Face

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I went back and forth on this image. Couldn’t decide whether to paint or draw. I finally chose water soluble color pencils. I injured my hand and this was the first drawing since the injury. I had to stop occasionally to ice my hand. Click on image to enlarge. Water soluble color pencil on paper, […]