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The First in a Series of Men

Friday, February 6, 2009

One of my goals for 2009 was to work in a series. I do have another series planned when the warmer weather comes around, but at the moment it is cold and depressing out. For now, I decided to start a series that I can do indoors and that will also improve my skills. In […]

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Small Cat Ink Drawings

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Cats I, sanguine Pitt pens (each drawing 2.5″ x 1.75″), December 2008 Cats II, sepia and sanguine Pitt pens (each drawing 2.5″ x 1.75″), December 2008 Cats are beautiful animals but they are very challenging for me to draw. Here are some drawings I made in December of my sister’s cats. I put the top […]

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Rendering Practice: Graphite Michelangelo Study

Sunday, January 4, 2009

After Michelangelo, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 1/4/2009 Lately I’ve been feeling a desire to practice my rendering skills in general, and faces in particular, hence all the plain jane graphite drawings. I’m not yet off my graphite kick so prepare yourselves for some more, at least for the time being. I feel like […]

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Challenging Myself with Portraits

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Tommy, graphite and colored pencil in 9 x 12 kraft paper sketchbook, 12/28/2008 This is my cousin Tommy. Drawing this was a challenge as his head in the photo was only about an inch high. Also, I’m not too great with drawing children (or smiling faces either). My mother was able to instantly recognize him […]

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Finishing a Sketchbook, and getting over Christmas

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Gift Bag, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/26/2008 12/25 sketchbook (Christmas breakfast), graphite and pitt pens in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/25/2008 I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I had a very nice one, and it was relaxing. On Christmas morning, I made my mother leave my plate on the table after breakfast […]

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Two New Self Portraits, and trying something new

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Self Portrait, conte crayon in kraft paper sketchbook, 12/14/2008 I was digging around through some art supplies left to me by a relative. There were some dip pens, some pencils and a little box of black conte crayons–they must be over twenty years old but they don’t go bad or anything. I never did anything […]

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Pups Cuddling: Graphite sketch of German Shepherd Puppies

Monday, December 8, 2008

Pups Cuddling, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/8/08 I’ve been trying to crank it up a notch these past few days and put more emotion into my artwork. Is it evident? I don’t know. This a sketch of Katie (on the bottom) and Cody (on the top), brother and sister German Shepherd puppies — […]

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Pointsettia (2008 Christmas Card) and my first post

Monday, December 1, 2008

Pointsettia, dip pen and wash, Carolyn Ann Pappas 2008 Pointsettia (WIP), ink, Carolyn Ann Pappas 2008 After some thinking about my priorites I’ve decided to switch back to a blogspot blog from Kouklacarolyn.com on WordPress. I’m looking for something easy and fairly low maintenance. And it didn’t help that I started having major issues and […]

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