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 makes them look too grainy. At some point I should try doing a large piece but I actually like making artwork that I can hold in one hand and prop up on my desk. This one is about 5 inches by 7 inches.
Another satyr. Colored pencil and watercolor on Hahnemuhle Mixed Media Bamboo Paper. The colored area is about 2.5×3.5 inches.
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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.
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.
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.
I really like the way this Stonehenge Aqua HP paper takes colored pencils.
#ColoredPencil #TraditiionalArt #Dragonfly
Just testing out how well Aristico Fabriano HP Extra White works with colored pencil. I like the color depth I can get by layering.
Trying for an older look to this mermaid’s face. I like the feeling of energy that the cross-hatching gives this piece. A lot of my compositions are way too static.
4.5 x 6.5 inches
Colored pencil on Stonehenge Aqua HP paper.
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