Craftsy Class - WIP 2

I also worked a little more on my Cat for the Craftsy class.

Fun, fun!

Hope you like it so far!

Thanks for stopping by for a look :)

Coby and Miya

Here is what was keeping me so busy and was a secret until after Christmas.  Introducing Coby and Miya!  This was done with Prismacolor Colored Pencils on 9 x 12 Stonehenge.
Hope you like it!

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Merry Christmas

This is just a little something I put together today :-)
It's a 5 x 6 on Mi-Teintes using Prismacolored pencils.
 Hope you like it!

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Red Panda WIP Update 6

Had another first today.  I decided to do a combination with the whiskers and use both colored pencil and then finish them with acrylic paint.  I was using a really small 18/0 liner brush.  Maybe to small? I don't know.  I've never used one this small before even with my watercolor painting.  I've also never used acrylic before and so I set about yesterday practicing and practicing and practicing.  When I was consistent and fairly happy with the results I was getting on my practice paper, it was time to tackle the original.  So, I started doing the whiskers today.  They aren't done yet but I needed to take a break and feed my horse and dog.  I will probably finish this painting tomorrow and then it will be entered in the contest :)  First contest I've ever entered.
Hope you like it so far!

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Red Panda WIP Update 5

I am all done except for some tweaking and figuring out how to put in the whiskers!  Any ideas?
Hope you like it!

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Red Panda WIP Update 4

I had another first today!  How many of you choose to draw and paint the animal without his tongue showing LOL!  Up until now, I've never painted a tongue that I can remember. Definitely NOT with Colored Pencils.  This tongue was a challenge to get the tone, color and shape right.  I'm a little unconventional in my approach with the colored pencils as well.  I don't do color swatches, I do all my testing and mixing on the painting.  I get some interesting results that way and so far, lucky accidents LOL!
I also darkened the dark side of the face and added more definition.
Hope you are enjoying this process with the colored pencil painting as much as I am painting it!

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Red Panda WIP Update 3

Well, I got some new experience today trying to remove colored pencil without damaging the paper.  I somehow messed up lastnight on the viewers right side.  After much sweat and tears LOL.... I think it's OK now! I hope you think so too!

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Red Panda WIP Update 2

I got a little more accomplished with the Red Panda today.  I still have a ways to go but it's moving right along :)
I hope you like this little guy or is it a girl :)

starting to tone the nose

Added the tree and continuing with the nose and starting to work more on the viewer right side.

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African Grey Parrot -- FINISHED

I decided to darken the background just a titch and also burnish it.
Here is the completed piece.  I hope you like it!

African Grey Parrot -- WIP Day 10

I can't believe I've been working on this parrot for over a week now.  Good thing each day is only about two hours. 

I've bit the bullet and I'm attempting a background.  No detail but will hopefully support the parrot without competing..... We'll see if what I'm attempting works out.
That's what this is all about right....Explore and learn what works and what doesn't.  Though it is SCARY to try new things on something you've put a lot of time into!
I'm starting the background using Prismacolor Verithins for this part and some of the color ideas came from a wonderful equine artist Carrie L. Lewis
 The order is basically light to dark but a lot of mixing in between as well.
Dark Brown, True Green, Cerelean Blue, Apple Green, Golden Rod, True Blue, Canary Yellow, Grass green, Ultramarine Blue, Olive Green, Terra Cotta and PeacockGreen.  Hopefully that's the whole list.


Here is today's progress.

African Grey Parrot - WIP Day 9

I've been able to work on this one about an hour and a half so far today but thought I would post an update in case I don't get back to it today. I worked a lot on bringing the light into this picture.  Refined a lot of the feathers darker areas.
Colors used so far:
Cloud blue, Light Peach
Periwinkle, Pumpkin Orange
Celadon Green, Henna
slight touch of blue violet
Tuscan Red, Dark green
Indigo blue

African Grey Parrot -- WIP Day 8

Since the weather is really cold and snowy/rainy right now, I was able to work on my African Grey Parrot some more. Today's colors were again the same as previous sessions but started bringing more of the darker combinations into the mix.
Colors used so far:
Cloud blue, Light Peach
Periwinkle, Pumpkin Orange
Celadon Green, Henna
slight touch of blue violet
Tuscan Red, Dark green
Indigo blue

African Grey Parrot -- WIP Day 7

I lost the plot more than once LOL but here is another two hours of progress.
Added Periwinkle and Celdon green to the color combinations today.  Also used a little bit of Blue Violet.

African Grey Parrot - WIP Day 6

I only got about two hours more into this but starting to define and refine the larger feathers.
Used Prismacolors:
Cloud Blue and Light Peach
Periwinkle and Pumpkin Orange

I'm Here and Grey Heron Revealed

Yesterday I was able to reveal my Grey Heron painting challenge so now you get to see it as well.  I used Prismacolor Colored Pencils and Stonehenge paper.  The paper size is 4 x 5 and I wished I would have made it bigger but it was fun to do.  I also practiced getting believable water.

African Grey Parrot - WIP Day 5

I really did some playing around with the colors of the chest and I like it a lot better!
I also added some more to the face, neck and head and started drawing and defining the wing.
Here is the progress from today!

African Grey Parrot - WIP Day 4

I'm really starting to like how this is looking now.  This is so much fun mixing the colors to get the look of a "singing" grey.  Today was a lot more of the same.  Basically I'm using the same color combos as listed earlier.  Think of the cloud blue and light peach as your lightest grey.  Periwinkle and Celdon green as your next...and so on.  Not everything gets all the color combos only the darkest areas.

Here is today's progress.

African Grey Parrot - WIP Day 3

Remind me again why I am doing this portrait LOL! It's so much fun to use the complementary colors to get the grey color but this is a lot of work too!!
Feathers are so tedious but here is today's progress.

African Grey Parrot -- WIP Day 2

Today's progress.  I'm still not to thrilled with how this is working out but I still have more color combos to add. Doing feathers sure is tedious!

African Grey Parrot - WIP

I am painting this boy using that complimentary color scheme again.  That makes the painting "sing" as Arlene Steinberg says and I have to agree with her.  It does take some work and a few layers before the colors start looking like "grey".  Since this image is a 9 x 12, it's going to take some time to get it done.
9 x 12 on Stonehenge using Prismacolor colored pencils.
Colors used so far:
Cloud blue, Light Peach
Periwinkle, Pumpkin Orange
Celadon Green, Henna
slight touch of blue violet
Tuscan Red, Dark green
Black Grape
Indigo blue
Lemon yellow
Yellow ochre