Mike and all! This is always a good time to sit back, reflect on the past year and set goals for the next. This past year was one with numerous commissions, With the help and feedback from this forum I was able to create successful drawings for my clients. Knowing that support and positive critiques...

1) A TOOLS & MATERIALS forum within "Drawing Discussions and WIPs 2) A TOOLS & MATERIALS sub-forum here in "Graphite Pencil Drawing" - and similar in the Coloured Pencil forum is required. Great Idea! I think Option 1) would keep it simple and combine all tools for graphite a...

I use my iPad Pro and iPencil for almost everything. It is an extension of my creative outlets from capturing notes, modifying photos and creating compositions. I also have been able to replicate graphite to a certain degree, some more realistically than others. This sketch was created using Sketchb...

Linda - I absolutely love your series and this one is no exception. Such imagination and story telling with great execution. I decided to order three of those, the Blackwing, Pearl and 602 Blackwings!! YES!! I love these pencils and was one of the first to test them out for the company:) The origina...

Linda - I absolutely love your series and this one is no exception. Such imagination and story telling with great execution. I decided to order three of those, the Blackwing, Pearl and 602 Blackwings!! YES!! I love these pencils and was one of the first to test them out for the company:) The origina...

I thought I would share my latest commission with you all. Meet Hollie Berry who is a blonde pit bull. She has her own instagram page which made it wonderful to see all the photos of her and explore her personality. With so many reference photos, it was an easy decision to do a collage of her. Just ...

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

Thank you Mike! I appreciate your comments. I think your crop was successful, although I still find the left-hand tree to be a little unsettling. I'm not sure why... maybe just because it's so dissimilar to the others. I keep seeing it as an occupied pair of trousers lounging back on the rock :D You...

I figured I should share some WIPS for this drawing. This started as a bigger sketch but as it progressed, I couldn’t resolve the tree on the left. I almost scrapped it because I didn’t like how it was working. I then cropped out the tree and it looks so much better. Here are three of the progressio...

Trees and Rocks - Nature’s Beautiful Conformity
6x9”
Sketchpaper

This started as a quick sketch but couldn’t help myself and dived into the textures of the trees and rocks.