Wax Bloom

I think I can state unequivocally that this is the first and last orange I will ever endeavor to render. What a pain…I’ll take a face over fruit any day.

Clementine | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 10 x 8" | $125.00

This was, of course, for the January 2009 Virtual Sketch Date. Thanks to Jeanette for providing the reference image this month. And if you didn’t already know, there is now a Flickr Group for you to post your images to as well.

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Nearly there…hoping to get some time with it over lunch this afternoon to wrap it up.

Clementine | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 10 x 8"

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Having a rough time with the peel on the right side of the canvas…I’ve pulled up all the pigment with scotch tape and started it over twice – it may be in for a third try.

Clementine | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 10 x 8"

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Clementine | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 10 x 8"

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What I’ve drawn here appears to be some sort of pulsating, glowing alien egg on the verge of spilling out its terrible larvae.

Clementine | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 10 x 8″

Or maybe it’s the start of my contribution to this month’s Virtual Sketch Date…it’s pretty much up in the air right now.

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That didn’t take long at all – fruit’s a lot easier than faces, it turns out

Pears | Colored Pencil on Colourfix Paper | 12 x 5.5″

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The center and right pears need additional work, but nearly there. The next time I post an update of this one it should be the finished drawing.

Pears | Colored Pencil on Colourfix Paper | 12 x 6.5″

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A bit more progress from last night and this morning:

Pears | Colored Pencil on Colourfix Paper | 12 x 6.5″

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I thought it would be fun to participate in this month’s virtual sketch date, so here’s the beginnings of my piece based on the reference image.

Pears | Colored Pencil on Colourfix Paper | 12 x 6.5″

I also second Katherine Tyrrell’s suggestion in the comment thread (no permalinks for comments, blogspot?) to create a Flickr group for this.

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