Tuesday, January 26, 2021

This could be my last …

 My Last Saints on 7.25 x 9.75 paper?


Saint Dymphna 


It brings me great sadness that I must abandon this project with this last piece of Saint Dymphna. The last 'Saint on 7.25 X 9.75 Paper' - I had high hopes that I could finish all fifty-two drawings, but as I shuffled through my folder I discovered only one page left that measured 7.25 by 9.75 inches, it is the one you see below, Saint Dymphna.



  • Patron saint of the mentally ill

But I will continue … only it'll be different size paper.

I'll have to use 7 X 10, only a tiny difference of 0.6875 inches in area. - They won't take as long!

Video of this Drawing - 




Thank you for viewing my art!



Monday, January 25, 2021

More Envelopes

Envelope Painting

Here are a few more envelopes




A smell this envelope with a lotus flower painted on. The flower didn't turn out how I liked so I added a message to cancel out the perfection.


A little chickadee watercolor.


A blue jay, this was my first envelope bird.


A cardinal.


This is my favorite in this series, a can of Bush's Original Baked Beans. I might have to do a larger version of this.

I hope you enjoyed these envelopes.






 

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Saint Benedict with Video!

- Father of Western Monasticism


-Saint Benedict of Nursia-


I've finished letter B, next I will jump to letter D, with Saint Dymphna and Saint Dominic, as I have already done the C's. I like to jump around the alphabet, just to confuse people that like orderly fashions. Isn't it boring if everything is in line, perfect, and in an order that pleases you.  Never in real life is there perfect order and reason for things - same goes for this series, whatever letter I feel like doing next will be the one - F doesn't have to come after E.

-     Here is the finished drawing done in colored pencil on 7.25" X 9.75" paper. I have updated the page, "Saints on 7.25 X 9.75 Paper."




I have also recorded this drawing as I drew, the video is down below. I have had many requests to do another time lapse video from my many followers, so here it is, maybe I will record the rest of this series.



THANK YOU for Viewing this Art!


Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Finally back to my alphabet series

Saint Barbara


I like to call this series, 'Saints on 7.25 X 9.75 Paper', but, 'The Alphabet Series' works just as well. The last ones I did were all the way back in August! St. Agnes and St. Anthony. But I'm back with the series. I hope you enjoy following along with me as I draw the saints from A to Z.

My sister, Miss K is SUPPOSED to be doing biographies on all of these drawings in this series, but she is a little behind.

 So just a little information I found on St. Barbara,

-born mid-third century in Heliopolis, Phoenicia.

-after Barbara became Christian, denouncing her father's Pagan beliefs, her father got angry and she was tortured.

-She later was beheaded by her father and became a martyr.

The Next Saint will be St. Benedict

I will have the A's done, the B's done, and the C's done. But there is only one problem - there is only enough paper to do Saint Benedict and one of the D's. - It may be awhile until I finish this series!

Sunday, January 10, 2021

It's My Blogirthday!

 Happy Blogirthday!


It has been exactly 1 year since I started this blog - Jan 10th two thousand and twenty! 1 year and I've got a ton of followers who love viewing my art, thanks to them that I can still be here showing my work and showing what my hand is capable of when you stick a pencil or pen into it, or a crayon.

This Year's Graph


Guess at Next Year's Graph


Now for the Artwork



This is a drawing of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I wanted to draw something with crayons because I liked how smooth they were and how nice the colors blend together. I decided to do a drawing of the Blessed Virgin Mary because I don't think I have drawn one in color - I have painted one and have done a little sketch, but not a big drawing - it is not super big, but it is bigger than regular paper - 14 inches wide by 17 inches tall. 

This is probably the video that inspired me to do this particular picture of Mary, they used colored pencil for the whole drawing.

 


My Finished Drawing



This drawing was done with Prismacolors and crayons. I used the Prismacolors for the face and hands and the rest was done with crayons.

A Bonus Sketch


This sketch is a Hungarian themed drawing done for some of my cousins. Included in this sketch is the Hungarian flag, a Forint (Money), and the Hungarian Parliament Building.

I hope you enjoyed this post, comment if you liked any of the drawings.






Friday, January 1, 2021

Finished my self-portrait! Plus a bonus drawing?

 A New Year

As you have probably guessed by reading the title, Yes, I have finished my self-portrait! Lots of people have been asking when I was going to finish, well, not lots - but here it is. If you were to scroll down you would be able to see the finished piece, but for you readers who keep reading this text - finish reading this no nonsense words of meaningless vocabulary. Why did you even read this sentence?


First look at the photo of the drawing.  If I could I would put the original.


But I have to put only a photo, no hard copies.

A College of photos,

or is it Collage of photos? hmm.

And the Finished Drawing


There I am. I finished this in 2020. That was quite awhile ago, last year to be exact. A long time ago, but yet only a few days ago.

The New Year Drawing

Every year on the new year or after, depending on if I remember, I do a little sketch. I started when I began doing this, so - a long time ago, 2017 or 2018 - but I've probably done a drawing every year since I was born, but not a New Year Sketch, I'll call this series a New Year Sketch - I'll post a page of ones I've done and continue each year there is a new year. I'm pretty sure there is a New Year every year.

2021 New Year Sketch:


Buoyancy is key to float!

When the buoyant force equals one ton, it will sink no further. When any boat displaces a weight of water equal to its own weight, it floats. This is often called the “principle of flotation” where a floating object displaces a weight of fluid equal to its own weight.

Go to the page : New Year Sketch to see my other sketches from the new years of the past, so the old years.

Thanks for viewing this artwork

In the comment section answer the following question. - What was an unexpected joy this past year?









Monday, December 14, 2020

Self Portrait

 A Self Portrait

I finished another drawing! This one was done using crayons and colored pencils. It's not actually a picture of myself but it is a picture of myself. It's a self portrait through everyday objects using still life.

Here are some close-ups of each square,
We've got a saxophone, I like playing the saxophone, we've got some juggling clubs, I like to juggle, we've got books, I like to read, we've got games, I like playing games, we've got a unicycle, I like to unicycle, we've got some art supplies, I like to draw and paint, and we've got a square with a backyard, I like the nature and outdoors.

And The Final Picture



I hope you like this piece, release your thoughts about it in the comments below!

I am still working on the self portrait that is actually of myself, so stay tuned for that, I just haven't got around to that since I've been working on other drawings. But that one is probably next. 

Here is a picture of what that one currently looks like


No, I don't have a picture of what it currently looks like, this is what it looked like before it currently looked like the one I have now.

Thanks for reading and looking at that piece of artwork you just saw above unless you were closing your eyes and didn't see it, then go back and look at it and then come down here to comment - if you wish.

Or view it again down here!