From My Youth
I tend to get bored of an artwork if I take more than a couple of weeks to finish and I have a collection of unfinished work. I started these puppies in 1996, and it remained unfinished for the next two years. It is the only project I've ever picked up again and finished after letting it sit.
Puppy Play
1998
graphite, 11x16
From My Youth
A high school drawing 3 assignment. We had to choose something in motion to draw. I love drawing horses; they have great muscle values.
The Race Horse (unedited)
1988
Graphite
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I intended to create a set of big cats. The lion and panther were very difficult, as they were done in soft pastel and any slight touch smudged them. Then, when I lightly sprayed a fixitive on them, they darkened completely and I had to redo all the color. I haven't worked with them since, though I do admit, I sure like the finished projects. The tiger was done in colored pencil and I feel it is more vibrant.
The Wish
Soft pastel, 12x12
Judah
Soft pastel, 12x12
Tiger Eyes
Colored pencil, 12x12
I gifted to this to a Beautiful Soul of my past.
White Stallion
2007
White chalk pastel, 12x12
My first water color.
Cardinal
8x10
2014
From My Youth
Stippled Dog
Pen and ink, 8x10
1998
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Being 18"x24" done completely in colored pencil, this project took me a couple of months's worth of lunch breaks to finish. Whew! Now after a few college drawing courses, I wish I knew then what I do now about blending colored pencils, because it would have saved a lot of hand cramps and time!
Sadly, this is a drawing which I lost in the 2020 fire.
Wild and Free
2007
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From My Youth
I bring this out every holiday season. It's one of my favorites.
The Christmas Horse
1995
I tried to recreate a drawing I had done and gifted years ago. It didn't turn out the same, but I still had fun doing it.
The Turtle
2007
Assignment: HDR Macro or Still Life
Alien or Sprig's Snout?
Photography, fall term, 2020
Puppies' First Christmas
Photography
2018
Sprig's First Christmas
Photography
2018
Dot's First Christmas
Photography
2018
Happy Halloween from Dot and Sprig
Photography
2020
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From My Youth
I made this for a friend. Take Flilght
Colored Pencil
c. 1998-2000
I made these as cards fro my girls one Easter.
Ewe are Wooly Loved
Water Color and black ink
2012
Blue Jay
Acrylic Paint Pens, 5x5
2020
Old Friends
Pen and ink, 11x14
2020
I really enjoyed the process of these antique bears.
Coffee and Cocoa
Both bears were painted with coffee and hot chocolate (watered down for different values) then detailed with drawing pen.
2021
Puppies' First Birthday
Photography
October 13, 2019
Puppies' Second Christmas
Photography
2019
