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White Wolf Pup Peek-a-Booing from a Log!
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It has been quite a year for me so far healthwise which is why my posts have been so few lately. But I believe I am definitely on the road to recovery!
I finally had my gallbladder removed almost two weeks ago. The pain is lessening, but I still feel little sharp pains when I yawn and when I first move to get out of bed in the morning. I also can’t sit for too long at a time without having to stretch out in the recliner. But I am thankful the operation went well, I went home the same day, and I am getting better every day.
It still may be awhile until I can really get back into my art. So I am easing back into it with my pencil sketching.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug. 😊
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Edmonia Lewis in Pencil
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This is the drawing I did for the first week’s assignment for my class “Redrawing Black History” with Tamisha Anthony and Lilla Rogers at Make Art That Sells.
Edmonia Lewis lived from July 4, 1844 to September 17, 1907. She was an American sculptor. You can read more about her here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Lewis
I’m sorry this post is short. I didn’t get much sleep in the last couple of days. I hope you are all doing well! I am hoping to do this week’s assignment in mixed media. Our subject this week is Gwendolyn Bennett. She was a poet among many other talents! Stay tuned!
Have a wonderful day! 🙂
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Black Wolf in Pencil
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This is the black wolf I drew after the white wolf that I posted yesterday. This wolf is on page 67 of my book called WOLVES, and the photo is credited to “Dseign Pics”.
Black wolves are gorgeous! In the color photo of this one, its eyes are a deep orange color!
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White Wolf in Pencil
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Here is something different! I bought a book called WOLVES about a month ago but have only had time to draw this one and another one I will post tomorrow. The photo credit for this one belongs to Ger Bosma, and it is on page 33.
This is an oversized book with some full-page spreads! I love it! Tomorrow I will post a black wolf. In the meantime I will be finishing my Van Gogh Art Journal!
Have a wonderful day! 😀
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Pen and Pencil Double Spread Idea
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Well, this is my assignment for this third week of my illustration class. Mr. C. Turtle is angry because everyone keeps saying “Hi Mr. sea turtle” but HE thinks they already know his name and he is very confused.
And that’s okay, because I am feeling very confused at the moment about exactly how I want to tell this story and whether kids would even understand it!
So it has been a very busy week. But some good news is I will have my car back now! Our daughter just bought a used car like ours but a different color. She put half the money down today and we are picking it up tomorrow morning. The seller lives a half hour’s drive away. It’s a 2002 Toyota Camry. Ours is a 2004. The difference is that hers has about 100K less miles on it than ours! Ha, ha!
Well, I have not been able to do my friend’s cat painting yet, but when I am done with this class, I will have more time to do other art. I have some new materials that I am wanting to play around with! It has been fun so far.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
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Bull Shark Pencil Drawing
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Last night I decided to finish the pencil drawing I started last week of this bull shark. It has appeared here already but without all of the sea foliage and shadow. I didn’t do it exactly like the photo in the book called Creatures of the Deep by Erich Hoyt, but it is similar. I think the next couple of pencil drawings I plan to do are of a viperfish and anglerfish. If you’ve never seen them, look them up. They are pretty scary looking!
I have learned that after doing pencil drawings like this, I have to rest my arm. Once I start working on something in the evening, I find myself still drawing hours later I guess because I am somewhat of a perfectionist. 😉
Anyway, today I may get back to the leafy sea dragon painting if I can get the colors mixed the way I want them. Painting is actually easier on my arm than drawing but I really love both!!
I haven’t prepared the walls in the spare bedroom for painting yet. I am not sure if I should take on that project right now. The walls are still a nice blue color and we still have the paint so I may must touch it up. I do want to start hanging my sea creatures, although I’m not sure I want to invest in framing everything. So I need to figure out something to do with the pencil drawings.
I hope everyone is having a great week! I had to break up some potential Wompus and Brownie snarls yesterday. Wompus growls at Brownie, and sometimes Brownie barks at her. But I think they are getting used to being in the same room together when I am in here working.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
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Chillin’ Tiger Coloured Pencil Drawing
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Here is another AMAZING drawing, this in colored pencil, by the super talented artist, Remrov.
This is such a beautiful tiger!!! Check out her blog at:
https://remrov.wordpress.com.I am still doing the final editing of my story for school, and working on my panda bear when I have time. So it may be several days before I can post again.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Our family had a lot of fun yesterday.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
I just finished a new coloured pencil drawing of a tiger again. A big close up of his chilling’ face. I love drawing these beautiful coloured tigers with their fluffy fur. The most challenging part I find the short hairs on the nose. This is what always takes me the longest as well. Echo was a great help during my drawing process. He often sits on my free had while I’m working. The drawing took me about 60 hours in total. The original drawing is listed for sale and limited edition prints are also available.Â
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Elephants in Graphite
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I wanted to share with you the drawing I have been working on here and there in the last week. I drew from the cover of a magazine, National Geographic Kids, but I did not trace anything. I had to “fill in” some spots on the adult elephant where other graphics were on top of it, though.
I did a lot of Spring cleaning this week, cleaning out closets, that is. I had several very large bagfuls of “stuff” we didn’t need anymore and sent it off to town with my husband this afternoon to be dropped off at the Goodwill store. But I don’t think I am quite done with that project. I chip away at it a little at a time.
Now I am working on my first drawing of a Panda bear in graphite. It is challenging! I felt I needed a change of medium for a while. I really love pencil work.
I hope everyone’s week is going well. Mine has been pretty busy. Aside from all of that I have been doing lots of reading and still working on my assignment that is due April 7th.
What have you been up to? I would love to hear about you, too!
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
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NOT JUST A PRETTY PICTURE: Women Illustrators and Why I Love Their Work
I think this is going to be an interesting blog series. These are some gorgeous children’s book illustrations! 🙂
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Model Mouse
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Today’s drawing came about in an interesting way. Last week my husband saw a mouse lying on our garage floor…dead of course. It didn’t look like it had been injured; it just looked like it died of natural causes! He never picked it up and tossed it out into the field and forgot about it. With the weather being so cold, it didn’t smell or anything either.
Well, I just remembered it this morning. So I went out to the garage, grabbed a rag, and picked it up. I brought it in so I could draw it. It was so CUTE!!! My husband walked in for his work break and said, “Well, I never thought I would see that!” 😉
I don’t often draw from “life” (or death in this case), but I just couldn’t resist. I put it on the table, so I drew it from a weird angle. Anyway, here is my ‘model mouse.’ I will probably draw it in a different pose from my imagination with my Prismacolor watercolor pencils. Its coat had several shades of brown and white which was very pretty.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
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