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Category Archives: Colored Pencil

Road through the Meadow

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Here is my finished colored pencil piece. I used Derwent Coloursofts and some Prismacolors. I did this for the Virtual Paintout (St Petersburg) so I’m glad I finished it before the end of the month! I ended up cropping some of the bottom off, which makes it an odd size, but I think it improves […]

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More work on the sky

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

I spent another few hours on my landscape, this time concentrating on the sky. The sky is the most dramatic part of this picture, and I want to finish it up before moving onto the rest of it.

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Botanical Illustration Class

Monday, March 26, 2012

I just finished up a two part class on botanical illustration at Mass Audobon. As always, I didn’t create anything particularly amazing while I was in the class, but I got a lot of value in the information that I took home with me. The instructor was a well spoken woman who was very informed […]

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Color Chart

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

I made a color chart for my Derwent Coloursofts. I don’t have very many colors, but I definitely think I will add to these. I have never taken the time to make a color chart for anything before. I’m actually surprised because I am a very meticulous kind of person. I can really see this […]

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Slow Going, but a bit more progress

Monday, March 19, 2012

I did a bit more work on my colored pencil landscape, with Cate sitting on my lap. She seems very interested!

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Experimenting with Colored Paper

Saturday, March 17, 2012

This morning I took out some colored paper and did a little sketching with my Derwent Coloursofts. It’s kind of fun to work on the colored paper and I think I will try out more of this in the future. (This photo was taken in dim lighting, so the colors aren’t very accurate.) Colored pencils […]

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2011: Year in Review

Thursday, December 29, 2011

2011 was a big year for me, although not so much on the art front. I did have goals for this year, but other things took up my energy. Even though things weren’t as productive as I’d like in terms of my artwork, I did have quite the year personally. I had quite a few deaths […]

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I’m Getting Back on My Feet

Monday, December 6, 2010

I am just starting to feel semi-decent again after being sick (read: invalid) for the past week. I haven’t had a bad cold for a few years so I guess I was due for one! I only had the desire to start drawing again yesterday. I started off only wanting to do a “quick sketch” […]

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November Virtual Paintout (Rio de Janeiro)

Sunday, November 28, 2010

I finished my submission for the Virtual Paintout (set in Rio de Janeiro) just in time. I skipped October and I didn’t want to miss this month as well. Instead of doing something really detailed and time consuming, this is more of a sketch made up of lots of lines. I really enjoy participating in […]

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Central Park, September 2010 Virtual Paintout

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

I’ve only been to New York City a handful of times, and only once in the past ten years, despite living only a few hours away. I guess I’m just more of a country person. I’ve never been to Central Park as far as I remember, but I think I would like to visit if […]

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