Wax Bloom

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

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Hope | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11"

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If we’ve learned anything from this, its that I’m no calligrapher. Yeesh!

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

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

 Phew, that was a real challenge and I’m really glad its finished. I’m very pleased with the way it came out, though I’ll admit I’m a tad disappointed that its taken up three days worth of my drawing vacation.  Ah well – on to the next piece!

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And here is Mr. Lincoln, now finished:

Lincoln | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 8 x 10″

I’m pretty happy with the way this one turned out, and feel like I’m getting a much better feel for carbon pencils, as well as nailing down some techniques for working with them. I’m going to take a short break from them to do a color piece, and then come back to them next week for a drawing of my son that will be a companion piece for Clara, Profile.

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Took nearly forever to finish, but here it is.

Clara, Profile | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 8 x 10″ 

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Done!

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 11″ 

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Not many drawings survived my college years – I either lost them, ruined them somehow, gesso’d over them to re-use the support, or gave them away. This is one I’ve always liked a lot and held onto these many years. If I recall correctly, the subject was my roommate’s grandfather. 

Colored Pencil & Acrylic on Cold Press Ill. Board, 11 x 17″ 

 As an aside, the colored pencils I used here were the now discontinued Spectracolors, which I preferred over Primsacolors at the time. I still have the set in the closet. I think there may be some white conté crayon in this piece, too.

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And the finished piece, now on its way to Alla in NYC for the little guys birthday party on Sunday:

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 11″ 

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And that about wraps this one  up…

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