Sketches

pastel pencil, 6″ x 4″

graphite pencil, 6″ x 4″

pen and ink, 4″ x 6″

ink, pastel pencil, 6″ x 4″

pastel pencil, ink, 6″ x 4″

July 10, 2010 sketch – pastel pencil, 4″ x 6″

graphite pencil, 4″ x 6″

pen and ink, 6″ x 4″

charcoal, 4″ x 6″

China marker and colored pencil, 6″ x 4″

May 22, 2010 sketch – ink, 6″ x 4″

My Rapidograph pen got clogged, not to the point of not being able to draw at all, just skipping lines here and there and refusing to produce dots completely. Lines would not be much of a problem, but dots are essential for what I am working on right now, so this is my attempt to get the pen to cooperate without cleaning it. Anything to avoid cleaning it.

graphite pencil, 4"x 6"

The boarding stables near me have fenced pastures on a gentle slope of the hill. If you walk by, the setting sun will be behind the grazing horses and on a good day their manes would blow in the wind beautifully. This is one of those horses.

ink, 4" x 6" *SOLD*

There is always something very compelling to me about horses greeting each other, be it total strangers or the two who know each other well. For some reason, this pair got a bit of “rabbit ear” going on. Certainly didn’t aim for that, but there is no going back with ink.

colored pencil, 4″ x 6″ *SOLD*

Yesterday I visited a Japanese store that sells slightly defective ceramics for cheap (we ran out of small bowls again, and I refuse to buy real stuff when it gets destroyed so quickly). They had a lot of new designs with pale colors, not all of them even looked like traditional Japanese ware. This is a loose collective impression of what I saw but had absolutely no reason to buy. Yes, I wanted to. I behaved.

4″ x 6″, colored pencil *SOLD*

4″ x 6″, graphite pencil

4″ x 6″, ink *SOLD*

This is a quick study for a horse head that will be done in pastel pencil. I like the shape of the head in the reference photo, but it lacks contrast terribly. And the horse is milky-gray which does not help 🙂 The sketch is my attempt to place the darks where I believe they should be.

6″ x 4″, graphite pencil

4″ x 6″, colored pencil.

This is a rendering of one of my bokeh photos. I think colored pencils lend themselves nicely to this job.

4″ x 6′, pen and ink *SOLD*

6″ x 4″, pastel pencil *SOLD*

4″ x 6″, charcoal, pastel pencil

4″ x 6″, pastel pencil, China marker *SOLD*

Today’s small discovery: China marker works way better as a highlight preserver than white charcoal or pastel (I made trunks and branches with it). Also, some Dervent pastel pencils of earthy variety act more like colored pencils then pastel. Since this sketch was done mainly by blending colors with a dry brush, the second discovery was not pleasant. Moral: test on scrap paper first (yeah, fresh idea, I know).

6″ x 4″, charcoal *SOLD*

I wanted to see how Prismacolor charcoal pencils will play with the mysterious cardstock that I got at Michaels long time ago. I say”mysterious” because the package is long gone, and I have no idea what the brand is. It turned out better than I expected – apparently, the paper is quite durable and allows for many layers of blending and crosshatching.

6″ x 4″, charcoal *SOLD*

6″ x 4″, pastel pencil

4″ x 6″, gel pens *SOLD*

4″ x 6″, colored pencil *SOLD*

6″ x 4″, ink *SOLD*

4″ x 6″, charcoal *SOLD*