Wax Bloom

Blocked in a bunch more of the darker values – more detail work to come. I’m hoping the hair will be finished with the next update.

Sammie | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 12 x 7″ 

Closing in on her face! 

Sammie | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 12 x 7″ 

Plugging away at her hair…

Sammie | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 12 x 7″ 

Mostly just punching up the darks and softening what was already there in this update:

Sammie | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 12 x 7″ 

Moderate progress from a quick session this morning:

Sammie | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 12 x 7″

Not much to see at the moment, but here’s the start of the Carbon Pencil piece I mentioned:

Sammie | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 12 x 7″ 

And there you have it – my first dog:

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

 I’m pretty happy with the way this worked out, in large part due to the flexibility of the support. I definitely like Colourfix, and will be using in the future. The only thing that bothered me about it was how quickly it would wax bloom. I had to go over all the dark areas of this drawing and clean up the wax with a tissue before spraying it with fixative, and I have some concerns about it returning. 

 We shall see, I suppose.  

 I’m starting a new piece later this evening (a commission) which will be a roughly 12×7″ carbon pencil piece, so stay tuned! 

I expect the next update to be the finished drawing.

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

With apologies for the glare…

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

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