Wax Bloom

Another 45 minutes or so squeezed in before heading to work:

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

This is the very beginning steps of a new commissioned piece - probably only about 45 minutes of work into it at this point, but I wanted to get an update on the blog today because I told the client I would.

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

Hope | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11"

With any luck, the next update will be the finished drawing:

Hope | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

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″ 

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″ 

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″ 

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

Untitled | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

Another lunch break session:

Untitled | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″ 

A small update:

Untitled | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 7 x 11″