Recent Drawings : color pencils ~ pastels ~ charcoal ~ oil pastels
Posting regular Work in Progress updates to my blog Back to the Drawing Board has really kept me focused.
Result? More art.
These drawings are just some of this year's work.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip
29" x 22"
charcoal and pastel drawing
Elegant cake boxes and stripy bakery string, with empty chocolate muffin wrappers - oh yummy
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Saved you One
22" x 30"
charcoal and pastel drawing
More delicious than the purple box;
more scrumptious than the palest green satin ribbon;
Behold! - The Last Chocolate in the Box
(no fighting)
Fortune
30" x 20"
charcoal and pastel drawing
Ominous shadows loom in the background, adding drama to my broken fortune cookie
Sweet and Sour
19" X 26"
charcoal and pastel drawing
An empty container of sauce casts a soft orange shadow on an elegant chinese noodle container
Dippy Egg and Soldiers
16" X 12"
charcoal and pastel drawing
A soft boiled egg and sliced bread "soldiers" are one of my favorite lunch time treats
Sprouting Red
18" X 14"
charcoal and pastel drawing
Green and purple tentacles sprouted from these red onions whilst they were waiting for their turn in the spotlight
Crumbs!
22" X 16"
charcoal and pastel drawing
Good grief! A WHOLE blueberry muffin for breakfast?
Well, if you insist
Making an Effort
16" X 12"
charcoal and pastel drawing
These cookies are great - soft crumbly shortbread with a gooey jam center. Just hide the box and pretend you baked
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Sun Kissed Palms
3.5" x 2.5"
colored pencil drawing
The sun sets over LA, the clouds roll in from the Pacific and the palm trees are kissed with gold before slipping into silhouette
Los Angeles, California
A Landscape Lying Dormant
2.5" x 3.5"
color pencil drawing
Across the sleeping landscape, the winter sun sets behind a distant wood
Isle of Wight, UK
Summer's Fragrant Blush
3.5" x 2.5"
color pencil drawing
Evening flowers perfume the air, as the crickets start to sing and the frogs chime in with the chorus
Camden, Maine
Across Sunset Pond
3.5" x 2.5"
color pencil drawing
Sailing into a sunset
across a Maine pond
on a warm summer night
Camden , Maine-
Evensong
2.5" x 3.5"
colored pencil drawing
So much sky in Maine - I think they must have way more than the rest of us
Camden, Maine
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Piercing Winter's Shroud
2.5" x 3.5"
colored pencil drawing
The winter sun just manages to pierce the clouds, as the day draws to a close
Lost in New Jersey
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Red Sky in the Morning
2.5" x 3.5"
colored pencil drawing
A blazing sunrise, turns the sky scarlet - warning of the bad weather to follow
Lost in New Jersey
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Winter's Fleeting Blush
2.5" x 3.5"
colored pencil drawing
The last rays of winter sun, briefly stain the snow drifts crimson and gold, before the long cold night sets in
Lost in New Jersey
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A Long Trudge Home
2.5" x 3.5"
colored pencil drawing
No skyscrapers, no hot dog carts and no taxis! Just a snowy trudge home, following in the footsteps of those in front
5th Ave, New York City, NY
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Sweet and Sour
19" X 26"
charcoal and pastel drawing
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The blog has also been a great excuse to experiment with different drawing techniques, media and paper.
As well as drawing with colored pencil I have been playing with :
- rich and creamy oil pastels (is that drawing or painting?)
- Pan Pastels - those irresistible pots of pure color
- Prismacolor Art Stix
- powdered red chalk
- and combining pastel pencils and charcoal
In fact I have come to love drawing with charcoal so much, that they and now have a weekly spot on the blog every Friday in "Name that Sketch" featuring creative art from garbage
For more color pencil art have a look at my Miniature Landscapes and the series Life of a Still Life