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12" x 36"Coloursoft Colored Pencil on Pastelbord 

The next in my series in a vintage camera. It reminded me of Colin Creevey's camera when I first saw it at the antique mall. Of course when I looked it up the only thing similar is the giant attached flash. 

Please Hang Up

Not titled - yet

12" x 36" 

I am starting a new series of still-lifes, larger scale than I have been doing. They will be 12" x 36" and possibly 24" x 30" depicting vintage items. This is the first of the series depicting an old rotary phone. 

Here it is in context leaning against my stairs and next to the phone in the picture. For most of the work I started each part with a midtone for that section and then added in the highlight, shadows, color tints,  and details on top of it. 

I thought I would also share some in progress shots as well. 

A bird experiment

A little 5x7 experiment using  neocolor 2's as a wash under a drawing. This will be available in my unframed bin at the Portland Saturday Market this weekend.

My little helper Saturday

I'm waiting for some boards to be delivered, so no new artwork this week, but I thought I would post the answers to some frequently asked questions people ask me at the Saturday Market. BTW, I have some new products for next Saturday that I am excited about.

"That's colored pencil?!"

Yes, it is colored pencil.

"It's so realistic, why not just take a picture?"

The short answer is I am a lousy photographer! I hope the more you look at my drawings you can see the subtle gradations, the mood I injected, and the style behind my drawings.

"Why are your prints on canvas?"

I like the way the texture of the canvas works with the texture of my drawings. Also I varnish them so they can be framed without glass.

"Why are your canvas prints not stretched?"

I like the way my prints look in frames and it helps me keep costs down.

"Wow, how long did that take you?"

A long, long time.

"Colored pencils - like Crayola?"

I use professional grade colored pencils that have better pigmentation than student grade pencils, and lightfast qualities.

If you have anymore questions you would like to ask me please do so in the comments!

Shoes 2

Converse Take 2

NFS 

I have friends visiting me from New Hampshire so the only drawing I have done in the past couple of weeks is a special order. We've gone to Mt. St Helens, the Ape Caves, Cannon Beach, Portland, the Columbia River Gorge. Its been great! I can't wait to start a new drawing though. 

Hope you are enjoying the summer as much as we are!