Tag: sketches
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Hamish..
… the Hairy Highland Coo is now complete. I am so in awe of the ease of using oil free pastel chalk. With every stroke, I continue to gain knowledge of how to make my art more realistic. I always love painting with oils, but they require carving out a set time to really get…
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Fancy Blue Eyes…
……was the name of my registered albino palomino racking mare. Although I loved every horse I owned, she was my dream horse and was very special. Her extremely long mane and tail gave her a magical unicorn look. Her rack was so smooth that it was like moving in a well tuned car when riding…
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Art from my heart
Two of my latest sketches. This portrait of Max, a six year old shitzu, was delivered today to my best friend for her 68th birthday. Her dog Max is her constant companion. She was so surprised and thrilled as she had no idea I was sketching him for her. Keyz portrait was mailed to his…
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Black capped chickadee
Black capped chickadee sketch compliments of a photo by a friends hubby, who is a super fellow photographer. The little lifted foot, as if it is a drum major, just spoke to me!
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What’s good for the goose
……..is good for the gander. My husband takes an early morning walk before I rise for the day. It’s good exercise and helps him stay mobile in his daily living with Parkinson disease from Agent Orange exposure. As he walks, he takes photos of things he sees along his path to share with me when…
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Horse of a different color
I’m still sketching when I can. I’ve completed several birds and decided to attempt another animal species. I’ve always had a fascination with horses my whole life. Being raised in the city, my dream of owning a horse didn’t happen until I was grown and bought a house and a few acres in a rural…
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Cardinal’s Mate
I continue to progress in decreasing the learning curve of more life like sketches to the point of adding more color interests in some. I’m still not comfortable adding color. Even the best possible quality color pencils such as Prismacolor have a different feel and handling than graphite Fabercastell sketching pencils. But I am determined…
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The anatomy of a cardinal
I decided several months ago to brush up on the art form of pencil sketching. I had sketched quite often in my 30s, but life happened, and I set it aside, completely forgetting that I had even sketched at all. Then, as I’ve written in previous post, my cousin asked me to paint her deceased…
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Christmas projects
I can now post about two protects I worked on this year for Christmas presents. I had to keep quiet until I was able to gift them to my brother and his wife. So here they are. First, I knitted my brother and sister in law a throw using University of Alabama colors. They are…
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Sketch progress
I am really getting into this sketching thing. It is relaxing and so consumes me that I forget about the world around me. That’s not a bad thing these days. It becomes a great destresser. I’ve drawn companion pieces for the hummingbird and egret I displayed in a previous post. My plan is to frame…
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