ACEO - Graphite Study

What does ACEO Stand for? Art Cards, Editions and Originals. The size can be no larger than 2.5" x 3.5" and they are used like trading cards with artists and collectors.  
I challenged myself last night to do a really quick, under two hours drawing using a more painterly approach.  The sketch was approached with the side of my 2B graphite pencil and basically just doing a contrast study until the very end.  I've never drawn or painted this way before so it was a fun challenge.
I did it on Strathmore Bristol Smooth ACEO Card.  Why so small?  Another challenge to myself LOL.
The image was provided during a Weekly Drawing challenge on WetCanvas.
Hope you like it!

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Tiger ACEO

I'm having fun exploring my pastels on different paper.  Again, this is a little painting 2.5 x 3.5 ACEO (Art Cards Editions and Originals).
It's on Strathmore Bristol Vellum (smooth side) using Rembrandt pastel and Faber Castell PITT Pastel pencils.
This original is for sale for $25.
If you're interested, contact me.

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Kangaroo ACEO

Ok, so I didn't get the cougar started.  Not yet anyways.  I chose to do this cute little Kangaroo and then had a lot of fun creating a background.  Through a happy accident, I actually have what looks like a tree (at least I think it does LOL ).
This is a 2.5 x 3.5 ACEO (Art Cards Editions and Originals)
It's on Strathmore Bristol Smooth board.
Rembrandt Pastel and Faber Castell PITT Pastel Pencils

This little guy is for sale for $25.
Contact me if you are interested in buying it :)

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ACEO Horse - Finish

I've completed my first ACEO.  It's on Strathmore Bristol Smooth card with soft pastel and pastel pencil.  This was fun to do and also interesting and challenging to draw something this small!

Little Doodle

Haha, as the title suggests, this is a little doodle to challenge myself with the ACEO size of drawing.
It's not finished and probably wont be.  Again, it's not done with proper tools  but was done with copy paper and 0.5mm mechanical pencil.
Hope you like it anyways!

ACEO Horse

I like a challenge but I'm beginning to think twice about this size of drawing LOL!
I don't have a magnifying glass that I can use while drawing so this is definitely a challenge!
I keep walking by it and seeing other things that look way wrong so.... here's today's effort.

I've also been doodling today so thought I would share those.  I did them pretty fast and they are on lined note book paper LOL! Mostly I was trying to capture the look and posture. I'm probably going to be doing both for real now that I can see what's needed.
The dog is in the water..not sure that's what it looks like LOL!

ACEO Horse

I was really tempted to just delete these posts.  No matter how much I play with this, I'm still not happy with it.  Note to self, Strathmore Bristol Smooth doesn't really play nicely with Pastel!
One thing I did accomplish while playing with this tiny size is got a pretty close match to actual colors. I decided since this is my journey and it's for all explorations, I'm leaving this and showing you the final LOL!
Working this small is definitely an art all in itself. If I want to continue with it, I'm going to have to practice just as hard as with the rest of my art.

ACEO Horse

I played with an ACEO today.  Wow are those a challenge because they are so small!  In case you don't know what an ACEO is.  It stands for Art, Cards, Editions and Originals.  These trading cards are 2.5" x 3.5".
I wanted to see what Strathmore Bristol Smooth would be like with my pastels and also was attempting a color match for my next two portraits.  So, here is the playing for today. I'm still changing things so it will be different tomorrow.