Colored pencil on backside of Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper. Aprox. 4 inches by 3 inches. Finished September 10, 2026.
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Cauldron of Rebirth
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Dragonfly 2025 0907
8 x 11 inch pastels and colored pencils. One nice thing about pastels is that they scan so much better than watercolors or colored pencils alone.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/51102/goblin-dance-bertha-lum
There’s a lovely sense of movement in this print. How does Lum achieve this?
- Dancer’s leaning.
- Rope made of light.
- Foreground dancers are larger.
The colors on this seem streaky. Is that deliberate, bad printing or a function of age? I think it’s actually the grain of the wood.
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Playing with Colored Pencils
4″by 6″
Lately I’ve been getting back into colored pencils. Mostly because they require so much less planning than watercolors and it just feels freeing to use a pencil instead of a brush. I’ve also discovered Derwent Coloured Pencils. I’ve tried both their ColourSoft and their Colour Drawing pencils. They are much softer than the Faber Castell Albrecht Durer pencils I had been using. They also seem to be a hair less shiny, having more of a “sheen” than a shine.
I’ve also started using a program called Excalidraw to make notes about my process. I hate to think how many times i’ve looked at an old drawing and tried to remember what colors I used in it. This is nothing like a finished piece. It’s just for play.
So… I’ve started listing some bookmarks up on eBay. They’re all original paintings even though many of them share similar designs. The first one is this “Green Goddess”. If you’re interested it’s here.
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