I don’t really have a great story to tell about this graphite pencil drawing. I don’t even know this man’s name. He was a fisherman on his boat, and I loved the expression on his face ~ thoughtful, contemplative, perhaps worried. Capturing a mood in a drawing is so important to the success of a portrait.
Ok, I confess. I haven’t done any graphite pencil drawing in a few days to post on here, but…….here’s why. I just happened by the paint recycling place late last week. It’s where you can get free paint that’s been turned in by others. Well, I came home with $600 worth of art paint, stuff [...]
Remember back awhile to the horrible Australia fires, and the story of the fireman who graciously shared his water bottle with an injured koala bear? That story inspired this graphite pencil drawing. I hope by now that little bear is able to relax and trust enough to look like the one in this drawing!
This is a quick graphite pencil sketch of Blue, one of my neighbor’s Irish Setters. Like most Irish Setter dogs, he’s terrific, friendly, always waggin’ that big tail. He was staring at me for attention when I snapped his photo, and when I saw the photo I had to laugh right out loud. Blue has one of [...]
I know this website is all about graphite pencil drawings, but….I also did an acrylic painting of this particular drawing of an Arabain horse. I do that a lot. Thought you might enjoy seeing the bright and bold version, which is available as a giclee print, on paper or canvas, in a variety of sizes, [...]
I was recently commissioned to do a graphite pencil portrait of a couple of cute brothers as a gift for Grandma. I thought you might like to see how well I did (or didn’t…lol) do. If you’d like a portrait of your house, your horse or your honey, please feel free to contact me for [...]
I’m having such fun with this Zazzle website! Using one of my Arabian horse graphite pencil drawings, I created another t-shirt for all the Arabian horse lovers out there. Below is the image, and here’s the link: http://www.zazzle.com/i_love_arabian_horses_t_shirt-235913909408959375 I hope you like it. I’ll be adding more and more items to the Zazzle store as time [...]
I’ve gotten lots of comments on the polar bear graphite pencil drawing I did awhile back, so today I made it available as a t-shirt over at Zazzle. http://www.zazzle.com/i_love_polar_bears_t_shirt-235574699636846190 Below is the image on the t-shirt, which comes in lots of colors and sizes. Check it out. Great gift for nature lovers, especially polar bear fans!
Oh sure, they’re darling! And…….what troublemakers. Here’s a graphite pencil drawing of some of the local wildlife in my neighborhood…. two juvenile raccoon siblings who camped out near the shed just waiting for the opportunity to raid the dog food dish! I knew they were there, watching, waiting patiently for the dogs to wander off. Eventually, I [...]
Years ago, I raised Arabian horses and traveled the west coast doing nothing but Arabian horse art. They are amazing, graceful, gorgeous animals and I admit, I was very partial to their elegant ways. I thought Quarter horses, on the other hand, were quite awkward and clumsy looking, not so attractive at all. That all [...]
