Wax Bloom

About a 45 minute session with it after I got home from work this afternoon:

Preston | Colored Pencil on Colourfix Paper | 9 x 12″ 

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I’ve had this piece lined up for a while now and am pretty excited to finally be able to start on it.  I’ve never drawn a dog before so it will most likely present a suitable challenge for me. It’s also my first drawing on Colourfix paper, which I’ve been wanting to try for some time now. So far so good!

Preston G. | Colored Pencil on Colourfix Paper | 9 x 12 

 If you’ve not used Colourfix Paper before, its similar to Pastelbord in that its coated with a gritty primer, but this seems slightly less-so and is just on a heavy weight paper rather than a masonite panel.

 Big thanks to Michael Dick for generously granting me permission to use his photo as a reference.

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Ashley | Carbon Pencil on Vellum Bristol | 8 x 10″ 

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Worked up the hair a bit more and bumped up some of that shadows:

Ashley | Carbon Pencil on Vellum Bristol | 8 x 10″ 

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Moderate progress from a few sessions I was able to squeeze in yesterday and this morning:

Ashley | Carbon Pencil on Vellum Bristol | 8 x 10″ 

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Modeling the face a bit more, adjusting existing shadows and filling in the hair:

Ashley | Carbon Pencil on Vellum Bristol | 8 x 10″ 

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Worked on over lunch, the face is starting to take shape:

Ashley | Carbon Pencil on Vellum Bristol | 8 x 10″ 

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Another 45 minutes or so squeezed in before heading to work:

Ashley | Carbon Pencil on Vellum Bristol | 8 x 10″ 

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This is the very beginning steps of a new commissioned piece - probably only about 45 minutes of work into it at this point, but I wanted to get an update on the blog today because I told the client I would.

Ashley | Carbon Pencil on Vellum Bristol | 8 x 10″ 

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With any luck, the next update will be the finished drawing:

Hope | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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