More recent drawings of birds

I love crows. I love how smart they are. I love their noise. They are very intelligent and family oriented. This particular image is called "Two Friends". It is done with graphite. I love the simplicity of black and white. So much texture to work with in the strokes and mark making.

Older drawing exploring more portraiture - drawing of Erin

This drawing of Erin was my exploration into pointillism. Forgive the spelling if incorrect. Also forgive the bad photography. The original photo was of her holding a caterpillar. I think she called her little friend "Beautiful". Lets hear it for a girl unafraid of bugs. I have to say that doing a drawing only with dots takes a bit of patience and concentration. I kept wanting to do dashes instead of dots. 

Learning pastel again - a portrait of Kindle

I am working in pastel and feeling that I need to continue to explore different surfaces to work on. I did a portrait of my friends' dog. It is from a photograph, and I am wondering how well it might do to paint her as well. Something about reveling in the texture of paint to show the texture of her coat.

Portraits

More pencil to paper, this time people are my subject. I had the opportunity to draw a local ferrier, who had such beautiful character in his face. It was a pleasure to draw these.

Graphite drawings

I started drawing again. It is something I wish I hadn't gotten so far away from. Nevertheless, I am back to a form of expression with pencil to paper. These were once in the same drawing and I ended up splitting them apart, making 3 separate images. Not sure that was a good idea, but I like their singularity.

I have done so much work and I haven't posted much of it! So it is time to share and put some words with images.
Quite a while back, I made a collage for my friend Debra, intending it to be a portrait of her. I feel that she is a water person. There are so many colors/patterns that can be reflected in water and in that same vein, she is a colorful person. There is a flow to her that I hoped to show, but more than that, a sense of play and joy in life surrounding her. It is great fun to take objects and delineate something about someone's character.