Illustration Friday - Hollow

Although drawn by her beauty, he eventually discovered her hollow shadows. Mechanical pencil in a Canson sketch book.

Illustration Friday - The Zoo

This is a child's stuffed animal zoo. Sepia .05 Micron pen on 9" x 12" Strathmore 400 Series Sketch Pad Paper.

Chiaroscuro in Pencil

I have been traveling on business. This is a drawing of a corner of my hotel room in the beautiful historic Hotel Phillips in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. I used cross-hatching chiaroscuro techniques I learned in the book Art of Still Life Drawing by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. (2006). 2B pencil on Strathmore 400 Series Drawing medium paper (9" x 12").

Chiaroscuro Plant

I drew a plant from life using chiaroscuro techniques I learned in the book Art of Still Life Drawing by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. (2006). I first used a charcoal pencil to draw the contour of the plant , and then I applied compressed charcoal to the space around the plant. I used my fingers and a stump to create the tones. Yarka pressed charcoal and Conte charcoal pencil on Strathmore 500 Series 25" x 19" cream-colored charcoal paper. This is the first time I have used our new digital camera to photograph artwork. I love it! Before this purchase, I could only post artwork that was small enough to be scanned.