Pastel portrait sketch

It has been a while since I did anything with my pastels, did this sketch on Wallis sanded paper, 10 x 8.

Charcoal pencil sketch

Ink and wash sketch

Too bad I did not use a waterproof ink for the initial sketch

Quick ink sketch

Ink sketch using the Sailor recycled material desk fountain pen

Friends 4 ever

Fountain pen sketch in 5 x 3.5 sketchbook

Ink and wash

Figure sketch

A little sketch on Strathmore Artagain using graphite and white charcoal.

Pen and ink sketch

Pen & ink sketch

Fountain pen sketch

A little sketch using a Sailor recycled material desk fountain pen with an EF nib.

Sketchbook page

Sketched with a fountain pen loaded with "Lie De The" (Tea Brown) ink in the 4 x 3 Pentalic recycled travelers sketchbook, and brushed with a waterbrush.

A little sketch

Quick sketch in my little 4 x 3 Pentalic recycled travelers pocket sketch book before going for my dentist appointment. I am quite amazed that the paper in this sketchbook will accept multiple washes of watercolor with almost no buckling

Charcoal pencil sketch of a Harley Brown pastel painting, done in 5 x 3.5 sketchbook.

Couple of sketches

My New Pocket-size Watercolor Box

The small pocket-size watercolor box I ordered from Kremer Pigments arrived, it can hold 6 full pans or 12-14 half pans. I filled 12 empty half pans Snapped them into place to let them dry without any chance of accidentally knocking them over. The best part is that the Escoda pocket brush fits right in the space between the two rows of pans.

The colors are:
Cad. Yellow Light - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Cad. Red Light - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Phthalo Green - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Phthalo Blue - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Ultramarine Blue - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Yellow Ochre - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Raw Sienna - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Raw Umber - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Burnt Sienna - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Burnt Umber - Lukas Aquaell 1862
Ivory Black - Winsor & Newton Cotman
White Gouache

Oil sketch

Another oil sketch using a limited palette of titanium white, burnt sienna, and ultramarine blue on canvas mounted on illustration board

Female Torso Sketch

 Limited palette of titanium white, burnt sienna, and french ultramarine blue
Oil on canvas mounted on illustration board, 7 x 5

Nude Figure Sketch

Another figure oil sketch, this one gave me a lot of trouble ... especially her right arm and now I noticed it is a bit too long :\

Oil on canvas board, 10 x 8

Figure Sketch

Oil on board, 8 x 6

Watercolor sketches

China's Treasure

3 x 4 sketchbook

Some sketches

Charcoal pencil sketch

5.5 x 8.5 sketchbook

Tango sketch

Quick Sketch

Charcoal pencil on sketch paper, 12 x 9

Figure Sketch

Been a while since I did any figure sketches, felt a bit rusty during this attempt with charcoal pencils ...

Small Watercolor Sketch

Neglected art supplies

How many of you have brought art supply only to use it a few times then stored away for years? I have the Golden Open Acrylics (among other stuff) that I brought a few years ago and haven't touch since after using them a few times. Today, I got them out along with some canvas paper (which also haven't been touched for years) and started playing around with them again and did this little 8 x 6 sketch. It will take a few sketches before getting accustomed to the way it handles.

2 Hour sketch

Caitlin 

Soft pastel on plywood coated w/ gesso and aluminum oxide, 10 x 8

Mathilda

Soft Pastel on illustration board coated with gesso/aluminum oxide, 10 x 8

Rebecca

Charcoal pencil sketch, 12 x 9

Portrait sketch

A sketch that was done yesterday morning before getting ready for work.

Soft pastel on Mi Tientes, 11 x 8.5

Some portrait sketches

Pastel on Wallis, 3 x 4.5

Graphite, 4 x 6 sketchbook

Graphite, 4 x 6 sketchbook

Charcoal sketch of Pope John Paul II

Toy Owl

 

Soft pastel on UArt 800, 7 x 5

Playing around with more video

Made a video of my painting process of "My old pair of Nikes", but this time used my digital camera instead of the Flip but had to put it through a few edits to shrink the file size down without completely making it unwatchable.The only problem is that the camera stopped recording 15 to 20 minutes before the end which I was unaware at the time. Hope you enjoy it regardless.

My old pair of Nikes

Soft pastel on illustration board coated w/ gesso/aluminum oxide , 7 x 10

Peppers

Half hour sketch done on MDF board coated with colourfix primer, 10 x 8.

 

and made a video of the process playing around with the Flip video camera

 

Today's sketch

 6 x 4 sketchbook

Sketching with oil paints

Both 7 x 5 with limited palette of titanium white, burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.

Recent portrait skethes

Graphite in the 6 x 4 sketchbook.

Morning sketch