Hi,
My computer's operatin' system has informed me that my version will no longer be supported soon.
So I need to migrate everything to a new hard-drive/OS ASAP—and I've been deleting old unused files and programs, etc—both to make the migration process faster—but also so I'm not transferring a bunch of un-needed stuff.
It's amazing how much of that accumulates through the years—and it's been pretty time consuming.
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See News Update below. *
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While in the midst of that—I've STILL managed a little drawing time, and today you'll find a few new sketches using both graphite and pastel pencils.
Let's get to 'em!
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| Rex And Molly (Study) - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved |
^ ^ ^ A LONG time ago I found a photo of a little girl and loved her expression and pose.
She was at some kind of event and was holding balloons—but she looked like she was NOT HAVING FUN!
I printed that photo out ages ago and have been carrying a copy around with my sketchbook planning to sketch it some day—and I finally decided to do a caricature of her recently.
Once I had her lightly sketched in using graphite pencil—I decided to expand my sketch—and at first just drew in the balloons she was holding in the photo.
I thought that her hand was already in a position that would make holding something else easy to do and quickly imagined her holding the leash of a BIG ol' dawg.
So, after searched for reference photos of dogs online—I combined several to create the final look of Molly's pal, Rex—and used some photo references to rough in a background.
I used to love watching the painter Bob Ross—and he often said that doing something to a painting was a "bravery test." With that phrase ringing in my ears once I finished the sketch—I got out the pastel pencils and made my first dabs of color with them right on my drawing.
Once they're added—they're impossible to completely remove—so I knew I'd just committed myself to coloring this one (or having to re-draw it).
In the end though, I was happy with the final result—and am considering this a "study" for a larger version I hope to paint using oils some day soon.
BTW—I'd be happy to credit the little girl's photographer—so if you have any info please let me know in the comments below or shoot me one of them thar email-thingys:
jrcurt77@msn.com
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| Heart O' Fire - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved |
Had a blast letting my imagination flow and making her YUGE feet/boots. 😎
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| Fazazz! - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr! All Rights Reserved |
When using pastel sticks, unless you press too hard you can create layer upon layer of various colors—and you can make numerous corrections and changes as you go along.
With pastel pencils however, they tend to build up very quickly—and after just a few layers it gets harder and harder to adjust things.
So there'd be a lot I'd re-work on this guy if I could—but I'm calling this one "done"—although I may eventually paint a version of this with oils as well.
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* Additional News: I have just completed another extensive update to my website adding a LOT of artwork I hadn't shared there before.
The lay-out on my website shows thumbnails of everything I've shared in different categories on a single page (ie: digital art, sketchbook drawings, etc)—and clicking on any image will take you to a link to a page with a larger view of it, and often a few words about it or how to find out more.
All links below will open a new window:
Jephyr.com
Jephyr Digital Art
Jephyr Sketchbook Drawings
Also—I edited my Honors and Awards page—making it easier to read IMO.
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That'll do it for today.
Thanks as always for having a look.
See ya again soon.
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