cloudy san gabriel mountain sunset

just did this over the weekend...trying to get back into watercolor again! it was a good exercise, i think. i painted it from a picture i took of the mountains a couple of years ago. i wish it was a better picture...i didn't realize it was blurry until i uploaded it...oh well :P

2010
watercolor
approx 9x12

boys

I just finished this commission last weekend. a friend of mine, Terri, has twin sons who are in the military, and has long desired a "prayer portrait" of her 3 boys. 

she wanted the drawing to be of her sons as adults, and also as children. so between the 2 of us we did  little brainstorming about the composition...

and this is what came of it:

(unfortunately, it's slightly bowed, the left side turning back a bit)

 

i was nervous, at first (well, i'm always nervous when starting a piece), just because i wasn't sure, even after doing the preliminary, what the final drawing would look like. but i'm more than happy with the result, and i learned SO MUCH while doing it (again, as i always do).

here are some detail pictures...

let me know what you think!

hey

brand-new finished commission pictures coming soon...stay tuned...

1 new drawing, 1 in process

ashlee

9x12, graphite

2009

rebekka (#2)

9x12, graphite

2009

finished!

"Five"

24x36
2009

"Five" detail photos...

real quick...

Pictures of the FINISHED DRAWING (see post below) coming soon!

for now, some profiles i did of fourteen 8th graders i helped teach over the past school year (the girl in the picture is in 7th grade)...

thanks for your patience. it's been a tough couple of months for a lot of reasons...one of them making me physically unable to draw for a while. but thankfully i'm getting back on track :)
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