A Michael Buble sunday

A timid sunday. While listening to Michael Buble, I drew up and colored my second of a three set pear piece for my friend Krista. It seems I have a soft touch and any effort to go dark is thwarted by my own hands. Yep. I cannot get my hands to put more pressure on those colored pencils. I can only build up the values with different colors on top of each other. I am still quite satisfied with the way they are turning out though.  

Pear trial

Testing out my prisma colored pencils before I do my final pieces on drawing paper. It is actually possible for me to finish a piece in one day. Of course, I'm still feeling out the colors, shading, warm versus cool and so on. I find that I may need to push the values just a bit more in the shadow area. I will most likely draw up another one tomorrow. These pears are for my friend Krista whom I am doing an art trade with. I am actually pretty motivated to draw these and hope they turn out just as she imagined them!

Today's special...

12 sketches of pears that I drew up before work yesterday while watching my Pirates of the Caribbean movies. These are ideas for an art trade that I am doing for a friend. 

wine label pieces

Final two pieces that I submitted to a local wine label contest. I had drawn up three images but I ended up only submitting two. I rather like the oil piece since it shows better contrast, while the other one I achieved the soft look, but it doesn't seem to stand out as much as I would have liked.