"All Up In Your Grill"

So It's been awhile! "Excalibur" is giving me trouble so I decided to cleans my palette and work on something simple while I figure it out.  This is an old Chevy Pick up located on the nearby Berry Farm.  In the Fall it's also the Pumpkin Patch where they have "Scary" Hayrack Rides. This truck sits along the hayrack ride route.

Excalibur

Got a little color in.  The water looks a little weird orange and green but that's just the base coat.  Still not sure abut this one.

Excalibur

Getting a little farther along. Can't wait to get the color in the hand,sword and water still.  I think I'll lighten the design on the cross guard but I'll wait to see how it works with the different values later.

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I'm so glad I started over.  This is more like I envisioned.  I'm digging the hand. Can't wait to get some color into the water and hand.  

Excalibur

Let's just say "three times a charm" As you can see I started over.  This is graphite with a watercolor wash.  Something I'm a little more used to. Cross your fingers!

Excalibur

This a picture I'm doing for a friend. It's my second attempt.  The first was with pastels. I wasn't happy with that medium so now I'm on to colored pencils.  Still not thrilled with it yet. Let's see as it goes.  The water looks a little funny with purple and orange but that's only the under coat.

Grasshopper

Last weekend it was 40 degrees. So what do you do when the weather gets "nice" in the Midwest winter? Go to the zoo! I bought this little 5x7 spiral bound note book.  What makes it special is that it's made of elephant pooh (makes you want to wash your hands)! The little card that comes with it says its handcrafted with a mixture of elephant dung and rice paddy.  It was pulped to perfection by the elephants of Sri Lanka.  As you might imagine it's a course paper so I thought my carbon pencils and pastels will work great on it.  You do have to be careful with pressure and erasing.  It's on the delicate side. I've decided to do zoo pics in it as one might expect. They sell larger sheets in different colors on their website. Once I get used to it I may do larger pic! http://www.mrelliepooh.com/