Wax Bloom

Moderate progress over lunch, with a bit of hinting at the flowers in the background. I’m quickly running out of Sky Blue Light for her dress – expecting a few pencils in the mail tomorrow.

Hope | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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I’m trying to stay loose with the flowers in the background to prevent them from drawing attention away from the subject:

Hope | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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Decided to go with the little girl’s name as the title of the piece. Original, eh?

Hope | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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Mostly just blending and warming up the shadows on the face:

Untitled | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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Another lunch break session:

Untitled | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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A small update:

Untitled | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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This is a new commission that I worked on a bit over lunch, though I’ve not yet decided on how to title it.

Untitled | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 11 x 7″ 

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This one is certainly moving faster than my last piece…

For Emre | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 11 x 6.5″ 

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I’ve been wanting to do a non-portrait drawing to hang in each of my kid’s rooms for a while now, but the problem was I’ve not yet been comfortable with the idea of tackling a still life.  I’m still not, but I’m feeling pretty good about this one as of about 10 minutes ago. I was ready to scrap it after the first hour working on it, but persevered and feel like I’m starting to get the hang of it. 

For Emre | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 11 x 6.5″

 I admit it is a bit cutesy, but its more of a technical exercise and it is for a baby’s room.  I’ll do a still life with a skull and a whiskey bottle in it next time around to regain any cool points I might be losing with this one.

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This will be the last in-progress post – the next will be the finished piece! 

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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