Wax Bloom

This isn’t moving nearly as quickly as I thought it would today…I keep getting distracted. 

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

 Considering how long it took  me to draw that section of the shirt, this may well end up being the “Week of Drawing Plaid”. 

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I didn’t get as early a start this morning as I had planned to, but here’s what I was able to get done between 10am and 11am:

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

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I’ve taken this week off work to hole up in my studio and do nothing but draw. The “draw-a-thon” doesn’t officially start until tomorrow, but I had a chance this afternoon to get a head start on the first of four drawings I hope to finish before next Sunday. 

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

With one (sometimes two)  one-hour sessions a day, it generally takes me a week to finish a drawing, so logic would dictate that if I spend 8AM thru 5PM up in my studio without any other responsibilities, four drawings should be cake.

 This of course assumes that the lure of Civilization Revolution is resistible.  I guess we’ll see! 

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Done!

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 11″ 

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The next update *should* be the finished drawing.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 11″ 

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Half a head of hair now:

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 11″ 

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Now with an entire face!

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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Despite being accidentally sat upon by my wife, its coming along nicely.

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Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 11″

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