I've decided to start a new category ...

 Photography

Sketched Drawn Painted and Captured? Yes, this section of the blog is "Captured", the photography section.

I recently went on a trip to Duluth with my family and had lots of fun photographing. I'll post them here and you can post your thoughts in the comments.

 Rose Garden & Leif Erikson Park

I decided it would take forever to sort them so here are some favorites from the trip.

A camp fire from the backyard!

A campfire that got a little big

Lake Superior at Brighton Beach

A photo my dad took

Lake Superior at Brighton Beach

Lake Superior at Brighton Beach

My brother jumping at Brighton Beach

A scene from Banning State Park

Some kind of plant at Banning

A pine branch at Banning

Look up there!

A reflection

A dodge charger in the Taco Bell parking lot

Smoke shop in Hinkley MN

A scene close to Brighton Beach where we found a geocache

Lots of fun was had on this trip. Thanks for looking at these photos, or did you just scroll to the bottom?

And if you are wondering, yes, I am working on a painting so stay tuned, when I have some time I'll post another of my painting.

A Sneak Peak

Our Lady of Mount Caramel

Which photo is your favorite?

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Letter D is Complete

Saint Dominic De Guzman

I've finished Saint Dominic for the Saints A-Z series. I wasn't sure what to do for the background so I just went with some shades of yellow. This is the first drawing on the 7 X 10 paper! My 9th saint drawing in the series, only 43 more. Once I finish the series I'll have covered approximately 3,640 square inches of paper in colored pencils, that's about 25 square feet.

Drawing black and white with colored pencils is always challenging for me, but I think it turned out pretty good, maybe the next drawing will be a larger portrait so I don't have to deal with a giant background.

I have updated the saints page - Saints A-Z

Time-lapse Video

https://youtu.be/hOg3xAky3Ds

 

             

What letter should I do next? Comment below if you have any suggestions.

Thank you for viewing this art blog,

Until I draw something else, have a great day!

Egg Painting and ...

 My 2021 Egg Painting

I decided to paint Salvador Dali's surrealistic painting, "Persistence of Memory."

"This interpretation suggests that Dalí was incorporating an understanding of the world introduced by Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity. Asked by Ilya Prigogine whether this was in fact the case, Dalí replied that the soft watches were not inspired by the theory of relativity, but by the surrealist perception of a Camembert (cheese) melting in the sun."

"Many of Dalí's paintings were inspired by the landscapes of his life in Catalonia."

The Egg - 

It was difficult to get a good photo because the egg is round so I tried to get multiple angles. Hopefully 

you can still see the whole painting. I also made a page dedicated to the egg series on the home page, 

you can also see that here, egg paintings page.

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I'm back with another drawing ...

 Another Oil Pastel

It's been a little over a month since my last post. I've had this drawing done for quite a while now, but haven't gotten around to posting it to the blog. It is another oil pastel like my drawing of the Immaculate Heart of Mary picture I did in January.

The face and hands are done with Prismacolors, the rest is oil pastel.

This one is Christ the King.

I think it turned out really well except for the hands, for me hands are tricky to draw with colored pencil.

Here are some photos:

Here are both of my Oil Pastel Drawings

Which one is your favorite?

My next drawing!

I am currently working on drawing Saint Dominic de Guzman for letter D in my saints A-Z series. I finally got some more paper sized appropriately for the series. 7 by 10 inches, only .6875 square inches less than the original paper which was 7.25" x 9.75", or if you like fractions, 11/16 sq. in. less. But even a little smaller, the 7 x 10 inch paper actually measures short of 7 x 10, unless the ruler I used was inaccurate.

As we approach Easter I will also be doing another egg painting! Woo hoo! I have done 2 in the past two years, so I've decided to keep that series going as well. I'll have to create another page for my egg paintings on this blog so we can have a good spot to view them all. It will likely be another famous painting like the previous years of the Mona Lisa and American Gothic. I haven't decided what painting yet, if you have any ideas let me know with a comment below. 

What famous painting should I paint on an egg this Easter.

Thank you for reading this post.

A Painting!

 It's been a while since I've done an Oil Painting!

Here is a slideshow of some pictures I took while in the midst of creating this parrot. I started with a sketch on the canvas, from there I moved on to acrylic paint for an undercoat, and finally, oil paint was the last coat. The photos with the oil paints really got lots of glare, so I'll have to try and get a better picture of it sometime.

I hope you like the parrot. It's a blue and gold macaw, or a blue and yellow macaw, whichever you prefer. Macaws are types of parrots, put not every parrot is a macaw. Here are some more random facts about macaws.

-    There are roughly 20 species of macaws, many of which are endangered and critically endangered. -    Macaws are long-lived, living for as long as 60 years in the wild. 

-    Like other parrots, they are very social birds, often living in flocks of up to 30 birds.

-    Macaws, like other parrots can talk and mimic human speech.

Envelope Drawing

I also had time to draw on a few envelopes.

This one I wrote a letter to a stranger, anyone can open this one if they can find it.

Here is a USPS mail truck.

This last one is some butterflies for one of my sister's letters.

Thanks for reading this post.

Charcoal Drawing

 Our Lady of Fatima

This picture was drawn in charcoal. I was going to do her crown with colored pencil but as I got closer to the finish I knew it was supposed to be all charcoal, I just like drawing in charcoal. It took a while to finish, shading her face probably took the longest, but in the end I really like how it turned out.

Here is the final picture.

Pen Drawing

I also drew this pen drawing of Jesus' Crucifixion. My mom requested this so it can be hung up during Lent this year during.

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Which picture is your favorite?