Another tinted paper drawing

Here is another paper on gray tinted paper of a pear.  I love the roundness I can achieve working in this style.  My next drawing will be something from Venice.  I can't wait to start.

Keep Makin' Art!  It Feeds Your Soul!

Carl

Old Roadster - Graphite and Chalk on Tinted Paper

I have always admired drawing on tinted paper using dark pencil and chalk.  It is much like how you would start an oil painting with a neutral ground.  I tried my hand at it for the first time tonight.  I chose to draw an old roadster I saw last year.  I am thrilled with the outcome.  I can't wait ti start another one.
  It is a creative weekend for me as i also printed and framed the prints for this years Art Show in Ringwood.  It is one of my favorite events of the year.  i find it amazing that a small church in New Jersey can pull off such a great show with so many awesome artworks to see.

Keep Makin' Art... It Feeds Your Soul!
Carl

Sunday Drawing

Hello Fellow Artists-

I gave in to the warm toasty bed and watching Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. After all I had trudged out in the cold yesterday for the photos at Reeve's Brook. So I was not feeling particularly guilty until this afternoon. Still wanting to remain warm and not go outside again. I opted for something different. I decided to do a pencil drawing of the tufted titmouse I had photographed the day after Christmas. Any of you who frequent my blog know I don't post many (maybe any) pencil drawings. Today I felt like working in pencil. It is part of my resolution to draw more this year to do more drawing. I am looking into a weekly figure drawing class down at Hopper House... I'll keep you posted when I get to that. For now though here is the drawing I worked on this afternoon.

I stopped while it still sort of looked like the wonderful bird I had photographed. I might even try a watercolor of him one of these days.

Keep Makin' Art

Carl

DaVinci

I have nothing today. Just thought I'd share this DaVinci drawing of a young woman. I am of course struck by the beauty of the sketch... but also the genius of drawing itself. How can an image with basically three tones (and one of those being the color of the paper) jump out at you with so much power and depth.