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This piece was created as a tutorial for doing grass on green paper. Finally I’m getting to the grass. Pic 1 I stopped working on the puppy when I got to the feet that have grass blades in front of them. I switched to my green pencils and made the grass blades in front of the feet. And added the shadowed grass which is beneath the puppy, “behind” the raised front paw, and “in front of” the lower belly. Pic 2 Now I finish the paws and lower belly by filling the appropriate col

🎁 I have a gift for my artist friends and coloring book enthusiasts! As you know, I share my colored pencil artwork in progress on this Blog, with explanations about my techniques. I have a growing following of artists who tell me that’s useful and they've learned a lot. I've decided to expand that to help artists and colorists develop their Colored Pencil skills by creating a "grayscale" Coloring Page that you can print on paper of your choice and color. 🎁 It includes a

Portrait of Scout continued from PART ONE Scout portrait in progress 9 I’m not going to add the colored pencil grass details around the Frisbee figure until I finish the barn-hunt figure. The backgrounds of those two scenes - straw and grass - will have to fade/blend together at the edges. Since the portrayals of Scout are the most important thing, I want to finish the barn hunt figure first. Then create both the straw and grass backgrounds around the two action figures.

July 29 I'm starting a triple portrait of Border collie “Scout”. The following pictures show how I go about designing a complex portrait with multiple depictions of the individual….from the 60 photos of Scout that Annette sent to me. Scout is a registered Therapy Dog, and also does barn hunt and is a dedicated Frisbee-fetcher. 1 This is my outline drawing on a sheet of “Flannel Grey” Canson paper. It took 11 days of working with Annette on a layout design, to get to the poi

How I made the underpainting for Scout’s portrait. I decided to do the underpainting after I completed Scout’s head-study with colored...

I’ve created a free download of my Father's Day card you can print and color yourself! ⭐️ It includes a list of the pencil colors, including colors for red, fawn, and blue Dobermans. ⭐️ 9-page tutorial for coloring it, and more. For all the fathers in your life. Gather your colored pencils and get started now, Father's Day is only 3 weeks away. (June 15) 🎨 Older kids can color this too. This is my first “Coloring page” download. Hopefully the first of many! Let me know

Wishes' portrait will be a challenging artwork. It’s not a complex piece, but it is a challenging one because of the values. (How light...

People are so fascinated with how realistic eyes can look in artwork, I thought I’d share what makes them look so shiny and...