Oreo

I was commissioned by a friend of mine's daughter to do this memorial picture of their dog Oreo as a Christmas present for her mom.  Oreo was a great little dog and the apple of his mamma's eye.  He'll be greatly missed.

Silver Palette 2011

"Doc" won Honorable Mention at the Silver Palette Competition!

Doc

   This felt like one of my fasted pieces to date. Probably because I had no problem areas.  I got it done just in time for the ANAC competition and it was chosen to go to the show.http://www.nebraskaartclubs.org/  Along with the drawing of my husbands motorcycle I did right before this.
    I really enjoyed the beard and found it much easier than I anticipated.  I'm still looking for the perfect eraser for the lifting off process.  Something that gives me a thin, thin line.

Doc

Okay I lied.  I didn't work on the beard.  I figured out I couldn't until I had some background and shirt to "erase" from.  So I've been spending the last 10 days or so working the shirt.  It's mostly done.  I'll have to fine tune the values in the shirt and background once I get the beard values in.

Doc

This is from a pic I took at the Bellevue Berry Patch. He was selling bird water whistles and when I asked him if I could take his pic he struck this perfect pose.  He said many artists have asked him for his pic. I titled is "Doc" because I thought he looked like an old time doctor.  He also looks like Santa so I probably will retool his hat and cloths at another time to do a Christmas drawing. The background, beard and face are done in graphite and the hat in carbon pencil. A combo of graphite and charcoal. In the next few days I will work the beard erasing adding graphite to get all the whiskers.  It's my first time doing this so wish me luck!