I darkened the trunks and added a ground plane. I think I might have been better off doing the ground plane in watercolor. I may add some dancing satyrs in. #ColoredPencil #Trees #Traditional Art
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Tree Line – Work in Progress
I’m still workoing on getting the hang of working in colored pencil. I like the wispy look that I get by using optical mixing and letting the paper show through. Unfortunately that means that the photos I post have to be roughly the same size as the actual artwork or smaller. Blowing the size up… Continue reading Tree Line – Work in Progress
Satyr No. 1.5
I decided Satyr No. 1 needed a tail and some trees. #ColoredPencil #Satyr #Myth #TraditionalArt
Satyr No. 2
Another satyr. Colored pencil and watercolor on Hahnemuhle Mixed Media Bamboo Paper. The colored area is about 2.5×3.5 inches. #satyr #mythology #MixedMedia #ColoredPencil #Watercolor #TraditionalArt
Satyr Number 1
I’ve been doing lots of mermaids lately so I thought I should try a satyr. 3 inches by 4 inches on bamboo multimedia paper using Derwent Drawing colored pencil. #ColoredPencil #Satyr #TraditionalArt #myth
Mushroom Matrix
One from the vaults. I did this back in 2012. Obviously there are some issues with it but I still like. It’s something I woould like to revisit at some point. As I recall this was done in Pen & Ink with a little bit of digital cleanup. #TraditionalArt #PenAndInk #Mushroom #MushroomArt
Mermaid #4
I hadn’t intended to make this mermaid so young looking but that’s just the way things turn out some times. 2.5 x 3.5 inches on Fabriano Artistico HP paper. Colored pencil over watercolor background. #mermaid #ColoreredPencil #MixedMedia #TraditionalArt
Dragonfly Sun 2023 1101
I really like the way this Stonehenge Aqua HP paper takes colored pencils. #ColoredPencil #TraditiionalArt #Dragonfly
Mermaid Sketch
Abstract Mushroom Doodle
Just testing out how well Aristico Fabriano HP Extra White works with colored pencil. I like the color depth I can get by layering.