You may notice that the table surface in the background of these pictures looks different than usual - instead of drawing this on the dining room table like I had been doing for colored pencil projects, I've moved my colored pencil station upstairs to the spare bedroom. That room was an office space for both me and my husband for the last several years, but we've recently moved our computers down to the basement, freeing up that desk space for drawing upstairs. It won't work for larger drawings (if I ever have time to do large drawings again!) but for small 8"x10" drawings, the desk is a perfect size. I like being just down the hall from my baby's nursery, since I usually squeeze in time for these drawings while she's napping or after she goes to bed at night.
This latest drawing was completed in May. The subject matter I chose was cattails, which symbolize energy. As usual, I used Prismacolor brand pencils. The paper is Canson Mi-Tientes cadmium yellow.
I started with a sketch of the composition, lightly shading in where the cattails and long grass would go:
Then I started shading in the shadows of the cattails, and coloring in the blades of grass. Because of the different types of reedy grass around the cattails, as well as the lights and shadows, there were actually several pencils I used to color in the different grasses: green, a greenish-blue, cream, yellow, dark red, dark blue, and black.
Here is the completed drawing:
I have stopped listing these original drawings on my Etsy page for now, since I decided it wasn't worth the listing costs when my originals are so rarely purchased online. But if you are interesting in purchasing this drawing (or any of my similar 8"x10" colored pencil drawings), they are all available for sale through me directly. Please leave a comment below or send me an email at afrownfe[at]gmail.com for more information.
And in the meantime, you can still visit my Etsy store for notecards! I have several notecard sets for sale there, from Michigan- and Great Lake-themed designs to abstract patterns and prints of floral colored pencil drawings like this one. :)
This latest drawing was completed in May. The subject matter I chose was cattails, which symbolize energy. As usual, I used Prismacolor brand pencils. The paper is Canson Mi-Tientes cadmium yellow.
I started with a sketch of the composition, lightly shading in where the cattails and long grass would go:
Then I started shading in the shadows of the cattails, and coloring in the blades of grass. Because of the different types of reedy grass around the cattails, as well as the lights and shadows, there were actually several pencils I used to color in the different grasses: green, a greenish-blue, cream, yellow, dark red, dark blue, and black.
Here is the completed drawing:
I have stopped listing these original drawings on my Etsy page for now, since I decided it wasn't worth the listing costs when my originals are so rarely purchased online. But if you are interesting in purchasing this drawing (or any of my similar 8"x10" colored pencil drawings), they are all available for sale through me directly. Please leave a comment below or send me an email at afrownfe[at]gmail.com for more information.
And in the meantime, you can still visit my Etsy store for notecards! I have several notecard sets for sale there, from Michigan- and Great Lake-themed designs to abstract patterns and prints of floral colored pencil drawings like this one. :)
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