I have recently been entering my Colored Pencil Drawings in a monthly Challenge put on by Colored Pencil Magazine. I have entered four so far, I haven’t won anything which is fine because I didn’t enter to win, I have entered them to keep myself motivated and to explore Colored Pencil once again. When I … Continue reading
I have been working hard on my colored pencil drawing it is far bigger than anything I have done since college. I completely understand why color pencil size suggestions are at least 20″x10″ this make it so you just can print something modified in Photoshop. At most I get four hours of colored pencil time. … Continue reading
I love Pugs! I have wanted a pug for a long time but I have a Booga and a Princess so a pug is not in my near future. My new drawing is a pug. It is drawn on 6″x6″ Hot Pressed Illustration Board with an Ebony Pencil. Sorry the photos are fuzzy – I … Continue reading
I know I have been writing quite a bit about Zentangles but I admit these little drawings are FANTASTIC stress relievers. I told about a challenge from one of my readers (Thank you Leslie!) and decided to try making a Zentangle according to the challenge – I am Diva weekly Zentangle challenge is Orbs. I … Continue reading
I must admit at first I didn’t want to know what Zentangles were or how they were created (I am too damn busy!) Then I started seeing more posts at The Hive about them and my Facebook Feed looked like a Zentangles advertisement page, so I decided to read about them. I found claims that … Continue reading
So I decided to do a piece revolving around my word for 2011. The one criteria I had was it had to be a mixed media piece. I wanted to challenge myself because I don’t do mixed media (I’m a one media at a time type of gal – lol). So I played with new … Continue reading
I remember the first wood burning kit I got was from my grandfather for Christmas one year. My mom was less than pleased with my grandfather. Giving a child (I think I was 10 or 11) a devise to burn things with, never pans out well. Thankfully for my parents sake I was not that … Continue reading
So I am currently working on a colored pencil drawing for a contest at The Hive, for that reason I can not show progression photos on my blog (it has to be a surprise). I can assure everyone I have taken progression photos of this painstakingly slow process. I also thought this drawing would enhance … Continue reading
It has been ten years since I have used my oil pastels and for some reason I needed to use them. I pulled them out this week and literally blew the dust off of them. The last time I used them I was single, no kids, lived in the ghetto, and would drink canned beer … Continue reading
I have been wanted to draw this week, since my joint compound won’t be hear until this weekend (then I will attempt to make paper clay). Last night I pulled out my oil pastels (I blew the dust off of them since it had been 10 years – seriously, I have not used them in … Continue reading
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