Newest PORTRAIT...

Moving on to my next portrait commission...

Original photo

Pencil drawing - 16x20

Color swatches for skin tone

Finished eyes

Finished lips :)

To Be Continued...

Experimenting with Watercolor Pencils....

I have experienced a ton of different art mediums throughout the years. 

Of course, colored pencil is my favorite & I am still working at perfecting 

my own style. I have had these watercolor pencils just sitting in 

a drawer for YEARS now, so here goes NOTHING :)

Pencil drawing...my lil man ;)

One iris completed

Both eyes DONE

Sweet lips

Adding detail to the eyes

Eyes are done :)

Playing with the skin tone...to be continued...

Definitely glad I tried these out...I cant wait to work MORE with them!

New Heart Designs

I have been DYING to put some of my sketches/designs onto paper!

I started designing on the cruise ship a month or so back, so here are a few.

This next example shows my process for my second design :)

Beginning of pencil sketch

Finished polka dots

Words added

Take out the outline & wording so background can be added

without the pencil lines showing through.

Trying out my Copic Markers in the background

Greenish background and adding a layer of blue

With the blue covering the green

Closeup of finished background...after MANY layers of marker

Adding red to the dots

Red dots completed & words added back in

Adding some shadows to the dots with markers and details

to the words

Closeup of finished polka dots

Finished piece...signed ;)

Skin tone & hair...

Jumping right back into the skin tone application.

The right side of the face shows the difference after adding a layer of 

Clay Rose, which adds to the shadows.

Eighth layer...this was the moment that I realized that the right

side of her nose was WRONG :P

After fixing her right nostril ;) 

The trick to taking off layers

of colored pencil is Sticky Tack...no eraser needed!

All you have to do is press the sticky tack into the paper.

The amt of pressure needed depends on how many layers you

 need to remove. Start small & mistakes are easily fixed!

First layer on the hair

Second layer...adding shadows

Fourth layer

After approximately 10 layers on the hair!

Another finished product ;)

Catching up...

Okay, well this is one of my most recent portraits which has actually been done for a while now. I have nonexistent internet service, so uploading photos is not much of an option lately. I am making up for lost posts TODAY ;)

Original Photo

Pencil Drawing

Sharpie outline

Iris' complete

Work space with color swatches for eyes & skin tone

First layer on the mouth

Second layer

Third layer

Fourth Layer

Final layer

Overall look

Completed Eye

Both eyes DONE

First layer of skin tone with original photo

Third layer

Fifth Layer

More to come :)