Pencil Drawing Memorial - Charlie

Memorial to Charlie
Graphite Pencil Drawing
Image size 8 x 10"
Frame size 11 x 14"

Graphite Pencil Drawings

Some of my recent graphite pencil drawings...

Flower
3x3 image
graphite pencil

Dog
3.5x5 image
graphite pencil

Flower
4x6 frame
graphite pencil

New Miniatures

Graphite Pencil Drawings
Image size 1 3/4"

Pencil Drawing

Graphite Pencil Portrait
Image Size 5 x 5"
Framed Size 8 x 8"

Riley

I'm experimenting with a different "look" to a portrait drawing.  Comments anyone?

Graphite Pencil Drawing
Image size 2" x 2"

Merry Christmas to all!

I have finally finished all of my 2010 commissioned drawings that were ordered for Christmas and am now looking forward to enjoying the holidays with my family.   I will be posting a few of the drawings here after Santa comes, so as not to spoil any surprises, so stay tuned!  :)

Miss A and Glow Baby

Graphite Pencil Drawing
Image Size: 1 3/4" x 2 3/4"

Pencil Drawing

Here's another finished graphite pencil drawing.  The reference photo was in the post prior to this one.  Image size is 2 3/4" x 1 3/4".

Reference Photo

This is the reference photo of the drawing I am currently working on.  I am about half way through right now, so I should be posting the completed portrait pretty soon.

My Little Artist

I just finished the latest pencil drawing I've been working on - my youngest daughter working on her own masterpieces.

Actual image size is 2-3/4" x 1-3/4". 

My niece A

As an artist, I have an ongoing list of many fellow artists whose work I admire.  Some work only in graphite pencil as I do, others are gifted in color mediums that I personally find challenging.  My dear niece A has a marvelous talent for both graphite and color.  Thank you for allowing me to share some of your work here, A.  You've got an amazing gift, and I know you'll go far with it!

Baby M drawing

Here is another drawing I did as a gift, so I couldn't post it before now.  Hope you like it, K! 
(image size 2x3")

New drawing

I finished this drawing of two brothers before Christmas but promised not to post it until after Christmas. I’ll be posting another one slated for a gift next week.

Graphite Drawing

Child of Mine
Graphite Pencil
Image size 1-3/4" x 2-3/4"

Art Miniature

I finished this miniature graphite pencil drawing last night. The image size is 2" x 2" and the frame is 5 "x 5". (I scanned it into the computer rather than photographing it first, so unfortunately a lot of the detail is lost in the scan process, sorry!)

WIP continued...

I've gotten a little sidetracked recently with a couple of other art related projects, so I haven't added too much to my WIP drawing. I've started the on hands and toy but you can see I still have a ways to go. Hopefully I'll get a little free time this weekend to try to finish them. :-)

On another note, I've been busy putting together another side to my art business... stay tuned for more details coming soon!

WIP

I've gotten a little further on my WIP. I've finished (for now, anyway!) her jeans. I'll go back and add darker highlights where needed once the entire drawing is done. Next I'll be working on the toy in her hand...

I don’t normally post WIPs (works in progress) because first, I often go back and rework some part of it that already appears to be done but may not be to my liking as I progress further with the work, so if something appears wrong it may not stay that way in the final drawing, and second, I’m using an ancient scanner so my graphite drawings always look a lot grainer than they really are in person. “Someday” when I have endless time on my hands I plan to work on learning how to better scan/photograph pencil work for posting. :-) But since my posts up until now have been rather far and few in between, I have made an exception and have decided to post my current WIP so that you can be ensured of at least a COUPLE more posts in the next few days! LOL Final drawing size will be 2.5” x 3.5”. Comments/critiques welcome!

This year I have again entered my drawings in an art show in a small gallery in Kansas. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had received the "Tiniest Treasure" award for one of my entries! :o)) Unfortunately, the detail doesn't come through very clearly in online photos. They look MUCH better in person! So if you're ever in Kansas this month, let me know how they look! LOL Here's the link to this year's show:
http://www.carriagefactoryartgallery.com/miniature-art-show-01-2008.html

Here are the links to their previous shows I've been in too:
http://www.carriagefactoryartgallery.com/miniature-art-show-2007.html I received "Honorable Mention" and "Third Place" in this one.

http://www.carriagefactoryartgallery.com/cat-in-art.html

Here is a commission I recently finished. (Note: the drawings are all actually on WHITE paper, in graphite pencil, but for some reason they sometimes photograph with a blue tint, even when photographing outside) The lady who commissioned these has lived in all three houses and intends to have them framed together in a collage frame.