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Fat little birds make me smile! The Eastern bluebird is a North American migratory thrush. My subject is a male with the most luxurious neck rolls! Drawn in Prismacolor soft core colored pencils on toned tan sketch paper.

Graphite on sketch paper.

Drawing Prompt Submission

Also known as Peruvian Lily or Lily of the Incas. My mom’s favorite flower. Her Mother’s Day gift.

Mountain landscape in the fall after a storm.

Old family farm with Cinnamon.

African bull elephant with broken tusk. Derwent white charcoal on 8x10 toned black mixed media heavy-weight paper.

Pink tulips on toned tan sketch paper. This was my first time burnishing. I used the toned tan paper so that I could better see the effects of burnishing with a white pencil. I used Prismacolor soft core pencils.

Graphite on sketch paper.

8x10 white charcoal on black paper.

What do you think? Ink or graphite?

Drawing Prompt Submission

Drawing Prompt Submission

My first attempt at cross-hatching with ink.

Drawing Prompt Submission

This was in response to a friend’s art challenge. It was fun to try a new style.

8x10 done in Prismacolor colored pencils on Strathmore Bristol.

Happy Halloween 2021!

This animal is in the family Theridiidae, a large group (over 2000 species) of haphazard web-builders.

Practice for my next project. This is my first time experimenting with white charcoal and white gel pen on black paper. Let me know what you think!