Pigeons of the Round Table II
19" Diameter
Colored Pencil on wood prepped with tinted Acrylic Ground for Pastel

Serenity
11 w x 15 h
Colored Pencil on watercolor paper with an Acrylic Beach Wash under painting

Converging Legs
Colored Pencil
21" H x 27" W

This was worked on off and on over about a 9 year period. It may actually be finished now (or very, very close).

This is the final piece. Lots of smoothing and work with values and color.

I added some color and highlights and shadows as well as lightening the background.

This is the second step with a little background color added and then I used Turpenoid over the whole drawing.

This is the first pass of color on the jelly beans. I am working on 140 lb. watercolor paper with Prismacolor colored pencils. This is the July Challenge at Wetcanvas
The reference photo "Jelly Beans" is by Olika (thanks!)

"Pigeons of the Round Table 2"
Colored Pencil on wood prepped with acrylic ground for pastel and some color
19" diameter

Prismacolor Colored Pencil on wood prepped with acrylic ground for pastel and coloredslightly with fluid acrylics (Golden Acrylic products).

19" diameter

Carousel Horse in progress

This is the finished piece, seen below separately in another post. They are meant to be either matted and framed seperately or matted as one unit with 2 openings in the mat.

Carousel Horse in progress

This is the painting after adding several layers of Prismacolor colored pencil over the watercolor under painting. The colors used are white, cream, dark brown (on the horses and the background), sienna brown, dark green, crimson red, and indigo.

Carousel Horse in progress

This is step 3 of this painting. I used sap green and green gold plus salt to make another glaze/wash over the painting.

Carousel Horse in progress

This is step 2 on the entire piece.

Carousel Horse in progress

This is step 1 and 2 of this painting. Step 1 is the horse on the right. It is a watercolor under painting - a sienna value study and cobalt added with sienna in the background. Step 2 is the horse on the left - a glaze/wash of alizarin crimson on the top of step 1.

Classwork

These are the beginnings for the Gullah Woman paintings we will do in class. These are both size 11 x 15 watercolor paintings showing two different beginning approaches. The colorful painting has a wash of color under her skin as well as the background. The colorful under painting will add to the richness. The red brown painting is started as a value study.

Carousel Horses
watercolor and colored pencil
about 12" square each

These were a gift for a family member

Plantation Gazebo
watercolor, gouache, colored pencil
14 x 20

Wetcanvas June 2009 tomato challenge

This is the final piece . The photo was taken in the correct lighting (instead of indoor at night). Thanks to WetCanvas for the challenge and thanks for the reference photo "Red Tomato" taken by Olika. Prismacolor colored pencils on watercolor paper, size 8 x 11

Wetcanvas June 2009 tomato challenge

4 - layered background with dark green, crimson red, black grape and indigo then melted with turp.



5 - added more dark with sepia, black grape, crimson dark green and indigo. Used white and canary yellow in the light areas. Used cream and white over light foreground

Wetcanvas June 2009 tomato challenge

1 - layer of orange and a little poppy red with crimson red in darkest areas


2 - melted with turp




3 - added sepia in the dark areas

Frog and Autumn Leaf - Classwork from Students

Lois

Frog and Autumn Leaf - Classwork from Students

Fred



Katherine






Linda
(this is only the start of her project)




Deb

Frog and Autumn Leaf - Classwork from Students

Candy



Jackie




Jackie





Kate

Gestational Adolescence
Colored Pencil (under painting done with colored pencil and Turpenoid)
21" x 29"

In process classroom artwork

This hawk is colored pencil on green mat board and is about90% completed. It is 8 x 10.

This hawk is colored pencil on off white mat board and is about 70% completed. It is 8 x 10.

In Process Classroom Artwork

These are the next class demos for the pigeon series.

This is watercolor on wood prepped with primer and absorbent ground (Golden Acrylics).




This is colored pencil on wood prepped with primer and acrylic ground for pastels titnted with some acrylic paint (Golden Acrylics).

This is colored pencil on black Artagain paper size 9 x 12. This is for my daughter and he is a member of a Japanese band.

This is also colored pencil on black Artagain paper. This is the guy that my neice Ashli wanted me to draw.

In process classroom artwork

Watercolor on paper - quarter sheet. Color used is cobalt for this first step. Work on getting the structure with values.



This shows the next several steps. I added New Gamboge as well as a burnt sienna (or burnt orange) to the petals keeping in mind the values. Then I wet the background and floated in indigo as well as the other 3 colors used in the petals.

In process classroom artwork

Watercolor on wood prepped with Golden Acrylic absorbent ground.








Colored pencil on wood prepped with tinted acrylic ground for pastel (also a Golden Acrylic product)







Both of these are done on the 20" round decorator tables. Prep the table first with a primer. Let it dry and then paint or roll on either the absorbent ground (watercolor) or the tinted acrylic ground for pastel (colored pencil).

These pieces are in the very beginning stages.

In process classroom artwork

Watercolor on paper - quarter sheet. Colors used are quin. rose and new gamboge. Work on getting the structure with values. (The difference in the color of the paper is the time of the day I shot the photos).

Added cobalt to some of the shadow areas.

This is in the very beginning stages.

In process classroom artwork

Gazebo on watercolor paper

Pink Flowers on watercolor paper




Hawk on Yupo paper