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@Kate-Flournoy, thankyou for the compliments. I had not realized that the tortoise employed geometric patterns, so I guess I just like winging it. It does seem that stippling works best when depicting subjects with rough textures like reptiles and crustaceans. I do like doing artwork as it flows; I have to be in the right mood to draw because…[Read more]

@Kate Flournoy, thankyou for the compliments. I had not realized that the tortoise employed geometric patterns, so I guess I just like winging it. It does seem that stippling works best when depicting subjects with rough textures like reptiles and crustaceans. I do like doing artwork as it flows; I have to be in the right mood to draw because…[Read more]

@Bluejay, thank you! Stippling takes a lot of time and patience, but I think that it’s results are the most realistic of all inkwork. It seems that it would work best for drawing animals with rough skin(crabs, reptiles, etc…), and I have seen a few stippled portraits of people. This was my first drawing with my own ink pens, and it suffered…[Read more]

Thankyou and praise God! Sorry I took so long to respond. Both pencils and markers have pros and cons– you get clearer definition with markers, and you can shade better with pencils. The one main drawback to using pencils is that they can rough up the paper a bit, but this can be fixed by using the right kind of paper and solvents. I used…[Read more]

This is my first stippling. Stippling is tedious, and I have not done it in several years. However, the results are well worth the work.

Praise God, it finally worked! This depiction of a peregrine falcon is one of my latest colored pencil pieces. I used my brand new set of prismacolors and am very pleased with them. We darkened the picture a little so that it would show up better, and my wonderful siblings worked tirelessly to get it on the forum. i hope you all enjoy it.

@Kate-Flournoy, great job! The faces are beautiful. Oils and watercolors are opposites when it comes to thickness. You mentioned having to use many layers to attain the desired look; however, when I did my oil painting of Simeon blessing Jesus at the temple, the paint on Mary’s face was so thick that I had to scrape it off several times in order…[Read more]

@Kate-Flournoy, great job! The faces are beautiful. Oils and watercolors are opposites when it comes to thickness. You mentioned having to use many layers to attain the desired look; however, when I did my painting of Simeon blessing Jesus at the temple, the paint on Mary’s face was so thick that I had to scrape it off several times in order to…[Read more]

Sorry, didn’t work.

@Kate-Flournoy, facial expressions are amazing, but difficult. I am not nearly as good at people as I am at depicting animals. Just tried to post my newest piece- a prismacolor drawing of a peregrine falcon- but it didn’t work. I may try again later.

This is an experiment……

Birds are beautiful, but the feathers can be a little tedious. Fish are fun because, if they don’t have large scales, they have very little texture and are therefore easy to color. I like all ocean life, and also enjoy drawing whales and dolphins. I have not thought much about drawing seals yet, but I will consider it. I always like depicting…[Read more]

That is outstanding! Those stones look three-dimensional. Watercolor can be tricky because it is so thin, so it takes a lot of skill to turn out such a beautiful piece. Good job, Kate!

@bluejay, thank you, praise God it turned out well.

@Kate-Flournoy, I did try wood burning once; I made a beautiful picture of a ring- necked pigeon and then ruined it by burning the background in an attempt to make it a night-time portrait. I may try it again at some point. Ink blots can be a problem, but I usually solve them by transforming them into buckets or shark fins and suchlike. ( If…[Read more]

@Kate-Flournoy, we did scan the pictures and then Sarah posted them on our unfinished website, from whence we posted them on here. Painting this one was fun, especially since I was doing it for a close friend. You will, however, notice that the sky has several layers to to the short drying time and therefore relatively poor blending qualities of…[Read more]

Thanks everyone! I’m glad y’all like the pictures. I could not do any of them without the help of the Lord.
@Kate-Flournoy, I most enjoy drawing birds and fish. I have been using the same set of ergosoft pencils for the past six years, and I just got a new set of prismacolors a few weeks ago. I usually draw pictures for thank-you cards, but I…[Read more]

Hi everyone! Thanks for the welcome. I have been busy all day and have not been able to check the forum until now. In response to Tessa, I have been teaching myself how to do artwork ever since Daddy got tired of drawing me space shuttles when I was four. Although I do artwork often, it is not an all-consuming pastime, and my other hobbies…[Read more]