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8x10 done in Prismacolor colored pencils on Strathmore Bristol.

In trying to improve my composition of the human form I am breaking it down to individual studies. I welcome your feedback!

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Keith Richards, digitally rendered on Paint Shop Pro

Coloured pencil drawing

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Acrylic on paper

Sometimes I think flowers are the most beautiful natural loving things on this planet. You can always count on their beauty no matter what ugly storm is happening in the skies

Colored pencil on pastel paper

It's been a long day

I’m gonna start reading more on human proportions and the human anatomy and how to draw it so for today I have some cones from when I was trying to teach my brother how to drive. I first painted the entire cone in two coats of gesso and then afterwords I painted the background first, put on a clear gesso and then a painted on the vines. I was trying to go for a positive space negative space look I do have other cones so I hope to try doing more of this in the future but for today this is what I made. #365daysofart #workinprogress #painting

“El amor es una flor frágil. Hay que protegerlo, hay que fortalecerlo, hay que regarlo; solo entonces se vuelve fuerte.”

Masters study inspired by Henri Matisse in colored pencils

This started as a pencil drawing (see the 2nd image) that I scanned and put into Photoshop. I tried various filters including: Smudge, Ink Outline, some Splatter, changed the Exposure and added a Sepia Photo Filter. After a couple of hours of playing (I’m not very knowledgeable about digital possibilities and just use trial and error) I ended up with a dramatic image with which I am quite happy. The reference was a magazine advertisement.