Colored Pencil - Birds

Colored pencil is a new medium for me and I am delighted with the results I am getting.  This series of birds are for a Sketchbook Project I am doing for Royal Brush Company.  All of these were done with a simple 12 color set of colored pencils by Royal Brush.  The colors are primary - red, blue and yellow.  Secondary colors of orange, purple and green.  And light blue, light green, pink, white, black and brown.

Parrot       Barn Swallow

Eastern Blue Birds    Blue Jay

    Cactus Wren   Chickadee

Fruit Doves   Gold Finch

Hummingbird  Indigo Bunting

Parakeets  Cardinal

Blackwing Sketchbooks

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Wolves - Revised

I've reconsidered the wolf composite drawing and made some modifications.  I fixed the center wolf's facial features, making it a bit more wolf-like.  Also you will notice I've replaced the wolf on the viewer's right with a howling position.  I think the composite looks much better.



Baseball - Still life

For all the basebase fans out there!  Spring is here so let's play ball!

This is a still-life study for Royal Brush.  They will be making a sketch kit out of this one.  It was actually really fun to do.  I used the magical Palomino Blackwing pencil for the glove base texture and used the Palomino 2H and 6B for the lights and darks.  These pencils worked perfectly on the Canson Foundation Series Bristol smooth paper.

Three Wolves

It may seem quiet here lately, but I promise I have been drawing!  I've continued to do commission work for Royal Brush Company.  Here is a composite of three wolves for one of their sketch kits. 

Dalmation Composite

Here is another composite drawing done for Royal Brush. 

Keeping the young artist in mind, minimizing details

and keeping it simple.

Wolf Composite

I have been commissioned by Royal Brush company to do a series of drawings for their sketch kits.  They are very open to any subject matter that I draw, but encouraged me to try my hand at animals.  Here is the first of the series.

Keeping in mind that these are kits for younger adults, I try and keep the composition and subjects relatively simple while still capturing a strong level of realism.

I have high respect for any artist who can draw fur. 

Enjoy!