Exploring New Artistic Methods

As I take a break from creating greeting cards and focus my efforts where I'm excelling, I have taken to the art of colored pencils.  I'll thank the art teacher at school whom I've been observing while I do my job helping students with special needs and I'll thank the students themselves who have inspired me to give something new a try.

I went out and bought a set of 48 Prismacolor soft pencils and thought I'd post my first efforts.  These are by far just sketches and tests of technique and getting a feel for using them and I'm sure those with better skill can see where I'm in need of further study and practice, so take these with a grain of salt.

done with Crayola colored pencils on card stock paper

Here's a few others that I hope to end up designing a variety of cards with (so PLEASE, these are copyright protected!!).

my dragon character

smiling flower and sun

followed the students' exercise in perspective

Simba resting as sun beams warm him

 

 

 

Love Birds (actually, quaker parrots!)

Short and sweet post today however lots of exploration is brewing.