Tuesday, February 22, 2011

"The One"

Prismacolor pencils on 7"x5" Stonehenge pad paper....

Base layer of cherries - ultramarine blue, layered w/poppy red on the lit side and crimson red on the mid and shade sides, and stems of light umber, grass green verithin and canary yellow verithin...

Dark umber for the ground, and the wood grain, w/sienna and goldenrod layered over...

Friday, February 18, 2011

"Quiet Moment" 5

And the grisaille is done......  now to finish coloring...

Thursday, February 17, 2011

"Quiet Moment" 4

Progress on the carafe...  just needs now get the rest of the stippling done, then can begin on the coloring - red earth for the cup dragon, sap green for the carafe's...

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

"Quiet Moment" 3

Stippling in the grisaille of the carafe, after having done so with the cup...   then when done, the dragon goes in - and then both get colored...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

"To Think About "

"In life, one ignores the unimportant - in art, one omits it" [Ayn Rand]

What, in "Quiet Moment" is being omitted?

Saturday, February 12, 2011

"Quiet Moment" 2

  And the back wall is now done....

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

"Quiet Moment"1

 And have been on the wood grain, using sepia ink...

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

"Quiet Moment"


Still life of bonsai on left, cup and carafe on right, each with dragons on the side - western on cup, eastern on carafe...