Sketches for new series

I have begun what I intend to be the first drawing in a new series in graphite.

Dogs - or to be more excact - purebreed dogs, placed in an inviroment that relate to the specific breed.

I work for the first time on a paper called Mellotex bright white. It is a paper that Mike Sibley recommends for graphite. I am very curious how this paper is to draw on. My first impression is: smooth - very smooth. If not recommended I am sure, I would never have tried out this paper.

I have made some small initial texture examples to get a feeling of the paper. So far it seems fine. These are just small sketches though.

On-line drawing tool

As in my previous post these are computerdrawings

I think they are so funny to create - and the speed of drawing!!!

On-line drawing tool

I admit, I never liked the idea of computer-drawings.

But given a link to this site, I had so much fun drawing with the tool.

I find it very great for a kind of free-style drawing. Similar to ink and pen drawing, but of cause, so much faster.

Chameleon III

I have finished the third Chameleon-painting. It is in very bright, intense colors, as you can see.

About the serie:
I like the interaction of delicate graphitestrokes and transparent watercolors.
I hope to please your eyes with the motifs of the mysterious and charming chameleons in an imaginary, adventurous plant- and flowerful setting .

The series are availiable as prints

Chameleon III

The painting is almost finished.

The painting is painted layer by layer, apart from a very few spots with palette-mixed colors.

I just need to layer in a few spots and adjust values ...

Chameleon III

More layers on the painting. Here is a detail look.

In this serie, I want a loose watercolorpainting with graphite-lines showing through.

Chameleon III

I am only just started with the watercolors. So far 1 or 2 layers of thin paint.

This painting are on A3 paper, where the first two in the series, are on A4.

I hope to be able to show more tomorrow.

Chameleon III - preparing

I am planning to do more paintings in my chameleon series.

Here are my first sketches. I draw a smaller drawing freehand. This means I look at ref-photos, but only use my eyes as measure tools.

When I find the composition is okay, I draw the larger drawing freehand on watercolor paper.

I don't scale up my smaller drawing, as I sometimes do with other drawings. That's because in this series, I want the pencilststrokes very autentich and lively. They will be seen in the finished painting too. If you scale up, and redraw line upon line, the strokes will be more static. Fine in many cases, but not here.

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Leather and Pearls

Well, finally I can post again.

Work, ordinary life and some illness really took over my time for this past month.

I've been working on this piece "Leather and Pearls" for about 22 hours.

It's a rather small piece; approx. 13 x 18 cm. All colored pencils with the use of zest-it and splender too.

I am not used to doing still-lifes, but wanted to challenge myself. The leather and larger pearls was definitly the funniest part.

I liked the 2 different textures against each other, and I also found a symbolic quality in the motif..

Working

I am working on a colored pencil drawing, but as it is for a show, I won't be posting untill finished.
It is a still-life which is very rare for me to do, so I have my challenges with it.

Trying out a landscape

Landscapes has been on my "art-to-do wishing list" for a long time. Never really got around to it. Untill now. I couldn't resist placing some animals, though. 2 arctic wolves and 2 deers.
"Wolf-crossing country" (not: wolf crossing country) is in pastels and approx. 17 x 45 cm.

I wanted to show majestic snow-covered mountains and a landscape with very open spaces. And then the arctic wolves that live in these surroundings.

Realism, Photorealism and Hyperrealism

I knew about realism and photorealism in drawing and painting.

I have just heard about hyperrealism - sorry, if I am falling behind ;) - and I found the gallery of this guy - Denis Peterson. Its just amazing, how can he paint like that?!
Also take a look at this racehorse, you do read twice, to be sure he did not say it is a photo. Nope: gouache and watercolor...

Anyway, I think I'll stick to realism, then try to reach photorealism in time - once in a while. The hyperrealism looks like aiming too high in my vision