More Colored Pencil works

The first two paintings are done in colored pencil on sketch paper. The third, "prey" (red dragon) is done in watercolor pencils on cold press watercolor paper. All 3 are for sale. If you're interested in a purchase, email me privately.

More Art Work

The first is a fantasy piece, done in colored pencil on Stonehenge paper, titled "Tending the Elderly" & depicts a fairy tending an elderly dragon at its cave home. The second , also done in colored pencil, if a portrait of my granddaughter.

New projects include a quilt which will be colored in colored pencil. I've come upon a method to do this & I'm doing a small quilt to test the method. If it works as its supposed to, I'll post it here once its finished.

July Colored Pencil Challenge

This is my rendering of the "wet Canvas" colored pencil site, July Challenge. Its 71/2"x11" in size, done in Prismacolor pencils on Stonehenge paper.

A Better Photo of the New Painting

Here is a better shot of the latest colored pencil work.

Inspired by July 4th

This colored pencil "painting" was inspired by July 4th celebrations. I was thinking about all those soldiers who are overseas at this time and this image popped into my head. So I decided to draw it. It's on regular drawing paper & is done with Prismacolor pencils. The size is 14 x 17, unmounted. It is for sale if anyone's interested, just email me.

I've done some family portraits of my kids & grandkids, and a couple of small challenges, but look for more CP work to come. I've decided that watercolor & colored pencil will be my mediums of choice for art work along with art quilts. I'm not abandoning them at all, just taking a break.

A new "Painting"

This is a colored pencil "painting" done in answer to a challenge on a site called "Wet Canvas". It's on vellum finish bristol board. Don't worry, I haven't abandoned quilting. I'm working on a silk & cotton piece with a painted horse. I'll post it once its finished.

Still Painting

I got an order of watercolor paper in this week, along with several yards of silk & some silk paints. I finished the horse painting. I'll post a pic once its completed as a quilt. I'm trying a new "board" to stretch watercolor paper. Its actually a piece of Homosote insulation board used in home building. We cut it in half (it comes in a 8'x4' sheet) & I'll tape a piece of wet paper to it & hopefully the paper will dry flat & tight,just as if it was on a wooded board. The homosote is much lighter weight & cheaper than plywood & therefor, easier to move around. We'll see if it works.

We had a pretty intense thunderstorm on Thursday about noon. We've had quite a bit of severe storms in the area lately but this one nearly formed a tornado in my back yard! Fortunately, there was no updraft so the tornado didn't form, but the spin was there, we saw the swirl in the clouds. Pretty scary. I've been 3 tornadoes, of too close for comfort, in my life & I don't want to go through any more. As of this writing, more heavy storms are in the forecast. We'll just have to see if any happen. On top of the heavy weather, the temps have turned hot all at once. Yesterday it was over 90 degrees & it was the same today,& for tomorrow too. These sudden weather changes are the pits. I'm never ready for them, but they arrive just the same. It'd be better if it was a gradual change, but no luck. That's just the way it is. That's all for now.