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Candies Completed!

Whew! It’s been a busy day in the studio, but I think I’m all caught up. First, I did another drawing for the WDE this morning before uploading both sketches to the forum. Then I spent the rest of the afternoon getting the candies completed, with only some minor touch ups remaining.

I’ve […]

Sketchbook: Popcorn Cart

It’s Friday, and the images for the Weekend Drawing Event have been posted! This week’s photos were taken at Heritage Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The popcorn cart took about 3 hours to complete. The cart is red, with a red & white striped awning. In the original photo, it’s parked in front of a red […]

Ponting Workshop Update

Dianna posted some new material last night, and today I added a lumpy yellow coconut licorice, a twist, and some colorful reflections. Her instructions are very thorough and quite easy to follow.

I made some minor color corrections, and I really can’t wait to see how this is going to turn out. I […]

Ponting Workshop Continues

It’s snowing today, and I’m happy to stay in my nice warm basement studio. Dianna posted these steps last night, and I incorporated them this morning. I also added some white pastel to the candies, as the rich beige was becomming unappetizing.

Again, I’m substituting my Rembrandt, Mount Vision and Art Spectrum pastels for Dianna’s […]

Ponting Workshop Begins!

Dianna Ponting’s workshop has begun! We’ll be doing a still life, and Dianna has included a materials list, and some examples of pastel papers. If you don’t have everything on the list, you can still participate in the workshop. Dianna prefers La Carte pastel paper, but offers other recommendations. I’ll be using Art Spectrum pastel […]

Sketchbook: Fruit Shop

Yep. I’m starting the month behind schedule, and will probably end up that way, too. Here’s my image from Friday’s Weekend Drawing Event:

You may recall that I missed last week’s altogether. This week’s sketch took the full two hours to complete. Done primarily with a 7mm mechanical pencil, I used an 8B to add some […]