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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

Candy Bars

This Drawing Has Learned Me Something

Here is another envelope drawing I did for my sister for her fifty-two letters in a year project. The Three Musketeers. Have you ever wondered why it's called the Three Musketeers and not Two or One Musketeer … I haven't either until I saw their advertisement! 

Because without 3, you can't double dutch

Because 2 musketeers would think they're looking in a mirror.

Because 1 musketeer can't use the carpool lane

Source

This was done with markers, fine liner pens, and some watercolors.

KitKat Fine liner Pen

This is the second candy bar envelope that I drew. Probably my favorite two candy bars, 3 Musketeers and KitKat, I like Twix too, so I might have to draw a Twix as well.

Thank you for viewing these envelopes!

What is your favorite candy bar?

What should I draw next on an envelope?

Wood burning & Watercolor

 Watercoloring Kirk Cousins

I sat down at the table, did a little sketch, and then dipped by brush into water …

    

That's how this piece began. And after the paint was laid - it looked just like the photo above.

Wood Burning

This piece started a bit different. Still with watercolor but it was first burned on a piece of wood with a hot tool called a wood burner. And even before that it was traced on to the wood … and before that it was thought about for some time, trying to find the best position for each player.

Now go forward a few steps and we return to the step where this piece is being painted. With watercolor.

After it was all done I decided to cut a little frame for it to nicen up the edges. This piece features quarterback, Kirk Cousins, wide receiver, Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson, tight end, Kyle Rudolph, and running back, Dalvin Cook from the MINNESOTA VIKINGS. 

My plan is to get all of their signatures so if any of you are reading this blog, yeah that's you Kirk, Kyle, Dalvin, Justin, or Adam. You guys should come sign this artwork for me!

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-Who is your favorite Viking's player?