Finished this one today. Sent it off to the client, so feel OK sharing. This one was a challenge, but think I pulled it off. Its all colored pencils, and some of it has oil on it like in my most recent pieces.
Not sure how professional this is, but I will share what my drawing table looked like today (and looks like often). You can see the above illustration nestled down right beneath the triangle and photo and sheet of white paper. The rest of the board is pretty much covered with cats!
That's my Shmoopie on the left on her little towel set-up. And my Charlie on the right. Since my table is at an angle he often slides down, so most of the time I'm drawing with one hand, and holding him up and off the same drawing with the other hand! I know, its crazy, what can I say.
Shmoopie has a little 'bumper' of towels that keep her in place (and notice how she hasn't moved from one picture to the other ~ she's very statue-like.)
The turkey is back too! Bless his (or her) little heart. I sort of shooed it away the other night, and got a lump in my throat as I watched it trot off down the sidewalk (remember, I'm in a regular residential neighborhood, with houses and lawns and driveways ~ not a farm or anything), because it looked so forlorn and lost and out of place. But I decided it could be someone else's problem.
Then today it was back, strutting and pecking and scratching around in my backyard, so I had mixed emotions ~ relief that it was OK and hadn't become someone's dinner, and annoyance that its chosen MY yard. I did some googling and found out they just forage for seeds and grasses and acorns and stuff, and are actually pretty clever about finding food and all, so I guess I'll just leave him be for now and see what happens.
I also ordered myself this book today:
Anyway, I've always loved these kinds of paintings, and this book is full of really good demos. Really looking forward to it!
Well hey, got to love the chard on the cover of the book! :-) Looks like you have wonderful company while you work. I hope they all don't get on your drafting table at once! Turkey watching sounds like a niffty new past-time. I like big birds. :-)
The building looks great and so do the cherries in the previous post. The oil method seems to be a keeper! You go girl...
Love your blog, your cats and your new turkey. My PopPop had a turkey for a pet once. He fell off a passing turkey truck and wandered onto the farm, where he'd sit next to PopPop's chair out in the yard. It was pretty funny to see them together. That turkey was smart! He knew who to cozy up to for a long, happy life.
Remy