Thanks Liz. I saw your new name and completely forgot who you were! Haha still gonna take some getting used to.
I've been keeping an eye on your charcoal pieces. They're coming along!
So, so good. Between you, Liz, and Wess, I'm SO tempted to bite the bullet and try charcoal. It looks so dramatic and lovely - this horse is the perfect subject!!
O you should! Just like the oil pastels, once you start it just gets better and better from there. And like oils, you get your hands absolutely covered in charcoal dust (at least I do :lol
I've never been really good with charcoal, or pastels...Lol! What I really like is scratchboard, and glass etching...gotta get some mirrors though! I really need to take some pics of my stuff for critique...lol!
Thanks everyone for the compliments!
Drawing again-but a person this time.
My parents' golden anniversary is this year. 22 years on the 22nd of October. So this is really early I know but I thought I'd give it a couple tries before it gets too close.
So this is my beautiful mother on her wedding day.
This is by far my favorite out of all the ones you have posted. Her emotion is captured exquisitely, and the softness of her curls show. You really capture the texture of her dress and jewelry wonderfully. People are hard to do (I find them much harder compared to horses, but that may just be me), and if I had the talent you have I would use it to its fullest and make more of your beautiful portraits.
It's been awhile (I seem to go in phases) but I've got another one done. I realized how close the Artist of the Month kickoff is getting to be and thought I'd better get my act together and get drawing again!
So here's the latest, not a horse but it's something.
This is a request from a friend of mine.
11x14 in Charcoal.
BEAUTIFUL work! Loving your charcoal work, I'm desperate to get in and play with charcoal again, but I've got so many pastel commissions and exams coming up that there is no time
Thanks Kayty...always nice to hear compliments from a talented artist like yourself.
Here's my latest. I had told my manager at work that I would do a portrait of his baby boy-going to be a year old this July.
So here he is-this is Beckhem.
11x14 in mostly medium charcoal with a little soft thrown in.
Not that I don't love your horse drawings, because I do, but your human portraits are really something to be admired. Your technique is not only impeccable, but there is so much emotion in your portraits. I am so jealous of your human portraiture!!!!
Thanks Liz and Kayty-right back at ya's with the colored pencil and pastel drawings. I get so jealous! I'm so attached to black and white, one of these days MAYBE i'll give it a go (maybe =) )
It has been a ridiculously long road to being able to draw people. I may have mentioned before, my uncle was very talented in the art of capturing faces and my mother with animals. I've always drawn animals and thought to commemorate him I'd take on the challenge of people. Still working at it but it's coming along!
Side note on my mom: She went with me today when I took my latest batch of drawings to get copies made, the portrait of her included. I didn't even think about it. Well so much for waiting until October =) But the reaction was awesome anyways...it made her cry! And when I gave my manager the portrait of Beckhem today he was speechless. Always nice to get neat reactions-helps me remember that I need to keep doing what I do.
So now that I've rambled...thanks again gals
I've got to get back into drawing horses! I feel like i've been neglecting them lately. I've got one in my queue that I might bump up the list and work on tonight.
Anyways~this is the latest
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