Digital Sketch

This was done with a trial version of Corel Sketchpad. Santa gave me a copy of Painter 11, so expect to see more digital work. :)

Baby, Baby, Zebra

Some recent work...two oil pastels--one of Scarlett and one of her cousin, Adam--and a digital sketch. :)

Scarlett Anastasia

Last month we were blessed with a new addition to our family. This is Scarlett Anastasia, only the cutest little angel in the whole wide world. :) These are both done with Conte crayon...the first is from when she was 18 hours old, the second when she was three days (she is now all of 13 days old!).

Another Conte, Zebra Portrait

As I am officially on a "roll" with these, I thought I'd do another one last night before I got distracted by oil paint today. :)

A Few Different Things

I have been all over the place lately as far as creative projects. The last two days, I have been using my Conte crayons...these are both on 12x12 Mi Tientes paper (smoother side).

And here is a graphite drawing...not my usual thing or style, but it was pleasant to do.
And here's my really unique project the last little while, a quilt, which I am quite overly pleased with. :) It has been a long time since I've done anything like this, and now I fear that I am quite hooked on the quilting bug.

Graphite Drawing, Baby and Three-Quarters Zebra

Here is a graphite drawing I started over a month ago and finished yesterday. I don't do drawings like this often (to say the least), which means this is probably the best one I've ever done. :) Good practice with graphite and terrific practice for studying values. Maybe I'll do more of these.

Watercolor Pencil/Watercolor WIP

Today I took progress shots of the sketch I was working on, with watercolor pencils and watercolor on top...sorry for the changing light in these and having to adjust the photos weirdly so you can see them. First I did a sketch with a very light purple pencil...which is a nice choice as it will all but wash away later if I make a lot of searching lines and such.And here I have blocked in the stripes with a golden ochre pencil.Then I layered more pencil on top, varying shading and colors to get vibrancy and texture in the stripes.
Then I wet on top with watercolor, adjusting colors, adding more shadow and background, and adding a few details.
I like this process more than just using pure pencil or pure watercolor...the pencil allows a lot of "drawing" and also leaves lines and texture under the watercolor, and the watercolor allows more vibrancy and nice washes.