Carolyn S. Pio's Faves

Before it was quite finished.

Quartz crystal. Another prompt that became a value study. Watercolor and gouache. March 8, 2020.

I find backgrounds in paintings challenging so I deliberately tried to make a more complex background with this one. I sometimes have difficulty deciding when to finish and in this case maybe I overworked the background a bit too much. Still, I feel I learned a lot from the process.

Pencil Sketch

Fliers to advertise monthly lunch-time sketch sessions.

I feel like my landscapes have very traditional colors so i tried to make these look bright and exaggerated but still hold the same base color. Let me know what you think.

Charcoal on gessoed sketchbook paper

Work in progress. I am left-handed, so i always work from right to left when inking the drawing.

@madmargaret123 inspired me to make a bookmark. here's mine.

A small drawing from a few years ago. Pen and ink, bristal board

Pen and ink drawing of the buildings on the Graslei in Ghent (Belgium).

Group portrait of the monster management team. Ink on watercolor paper. I pushed the contrast and colors a little in digital post-processing.