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1 Another medium
I've discovered oil pastels, which have lovely bold colors that blend easily, and are a lot faster to work with than colored pencils. My output isn't too impressive yet but there is potential here:
Apr 6, 2008
2 Rooster
I'm finally starting to get somewhere with colored pencils. It's a tricky medium, and my color sense isn't great to begin with. But I'm very happy with this latest piece:
Jan 8, 2008
3 Dad
Although I haven't posted any art here in a long time, I've still been busy drawing. This is a recent example that means a lot to me. (Click for larger version)
Nov 26, 2007
4 Another Sketchbook
Drawing is becoming an all-consuming passtime. Bottom left is a self-portrait. You can see full-size scans with right-click/"View Image"; too lazy to link them right now.
Mar 8, 2007
5 Airline Art
I flew cross-country this week, and occupied myself by drawing portraits from photographs in the in-flight magazine.
Feb 15, 2007
6 Art for Art's sake
I've been drawing a lot again lately. Here are a few portraits. The one of Zachary and his bear is my favorite.
Jan 28, 2007
7 Wacom
Got my Wacom tablet working again today. My one real complaint about Linux is that every time you upgrade the kernel, you have to upgrade all your drivers. For some hardware (in my case, NVIDIA graphics cards and Wacom tablets) that means you either ne...
Jul 28, 2005