Even the most creative person has a project flop now and then. That I have slightly more projects fail than succeed is a fact that I’m not going to share on this blog very often. I generally keep my art gone bad to myself, slipping it quietly into the waste basket with the outgoing pampers:) However, to encourage all artists […]
Drawings
Sea Shell Finale!
There have been many sea shell drawings around my house lately, and they haven’t all been done by me. My sea shell tag art has inspired my 7 year old and she has been sketching away. This is just one more thing I love about starting this blog. It […]
Sea Shell Tag #12 –the end.
Drawing these shells has been good practice. Yes, it would’ve been so much easier to buy a unmounted sheet of shell stamps somewhere, but again, the goal was drawing practice. So here is #12- A ‘skillets macron’ shell, to be exact.
Happy Birthday, Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt is one of my all time favorite artists, both in style and subject matter. Since I recently posted my pen and ink rendition of “The Bath” I had to flip through some of my other drawings and see if I had anything else I could post for her birthday. […]
Sea Shell Tag #10
I drew the giant conch by hand with a hard graphite pencil and then used Prismacolors pencils for color.
Sea Shell Tag #9
Drawing from Wedding Magazines
Time to take a break from my camera and get back to some drawing. As frustrating as editing photos can be, it’s nothing compared to the challenges of drawing by hand. There are so many things I would love to draw, but the task would be so time consuming I […]
Sea Shell Tag #6
“The Bath” after Mary Cassatt
“The Bath” after Mary Cassatt Pencil and ink. 11″ X 7″