Magic Colour Pencil: colored pencil

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New Grouping of Boxes

Started another grouping of my Ocean Life boxes on 5x5" Ampersand Claybord boxes. I have sold several of the last series of boxes and decided to create another series of boxes. Shown here are seven new cover drawings and three new inside drawings. All of the cover drawings are worked on white Stonehenge paper with image transfer and colored pencil. I adhere them to the Claybord surface of the

Bougainvillea in Colored Pencil

I really need to get some new reference material! I love bougainvillea but I think I've painted them enough! We have been traveling and I needed something to work on while on the plane. Colored pencils are the best medium for me in this instance because it doesn't take much space and if there is turbulence, there are no spills. There were a few pencil skips during turbulence but it worked out okay.

I am so amazed by artists that use colored pencil as their primary medium. It is a very time consuming process and being stuck on a plane is about the only time I have enough patience to work with them. It sure makes me appreciate the skills and time needed to finish a colored pencil painting. This is a small one and it took many hours more than if it was done in any other medium that I use. Even though I really like the look of colored pencils that have been burnished, I didn't burnish this one because there was a bit too much texture in the paper, even though it is a hot pressed watercolor paper. I usually like using smooth Bristol paper for colored pencils. This paper did have a little more tooth to hold more layers of color, which was nice, so I guess each type of paper has its pros and cons.

Bougainvillea in Colored Pencil
Image Size 7" x 10"
Colored Pencil

Category › bougainvillea , colored pencil , nancy goldman

Precious Priscilla, what a lady! Well, most of the time... Pretty much like all our wonderful animal friends.
Colored pencil is a 'natural' for doing fur. This is a 6" x 4" drawing.

Category › cat , colored pencil

Succulent sketching

This has been a busy, very fun week with house guests but not much time for artwork. I used the little time I had to do a colored pencil and ink sketch for the inside of the Tustin Garden Club yearbook. I do the artwork each year for the cover and also 2 simplistic sketches for the inside. So now I only have one more sketch to do and that one is almost finished. The cover will be "Graptoveria" from a couple of weeks ago so I wanted to do different succulents for the inside.

It was fun working with colored pencil again with some ink but I really prefer doing more realistic pieces with colored pencil. Unfortunately I find that I really don't have the patience to spend the time that is required to do that. I'm always in awe of artists that do such detailed colored pencil art. If you want to see some incredible examples of realism in colored pencil, visit the Colored Pencil Society of America website. So many beautiful art pieces make me both frustrated and inspired.

Category › colored pencil , nancy goldman , succulents

Candy Store

"Candy Store"

Colored Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"

Colored Pencil drawing of Lollipops I saw in a candy store in Galveston, Texas. I had fun with this, I enjoy the bright colors in this. In the background are those candy dots they sell.

Category › Candy , colored pencil , Lollipops

Tulips

My study of tulips. I used the instruction DVD by Jacqueline Gnott " My Favorite Things" as a basis for this study. I was fairly pleased with the results of this study.

"Tulips"
Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

"Tulips"
Pen and Ink Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

"Tulips"
Colored Pencil Drawing 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

"Tulips"
Water Color Painting 9" by 11"
Copyright by S. Ciaccio

Category › colored pencil , Jacqueline Gnott , pen and ink , pencil drawing , Tulips , watercolor

Straw Berry

Sorry I have been remiss.

I have not posed lately. I have been working on my art work however. I also bought a new camera and have been trying to learn how to use it. I am posting a study of a strawberry that I worked on at the end of 2010. I am posting all 4 media studies all at once. My favorite is the colored pencil one. I am not as happy with the water color study. Hope you enjoy this touch of summer.

"Straw Berry"
Water Color 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

"Straw Berry"
Color Pencil 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

"Straw Berry"
Pen and Ink 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

"Straw Berry"
Pencil 9" by 11"
Copyright @ S. Ciaccio 2011

Category › colored pencil , pen and ink , Pencil , still life , Straw Berry , watercolor

Brushes

So many uses for a simple tool made of a stick of wood with hairs or bristles attached in a bunch at one end...brooms, toothbrushes, wire brushes, brushes for basting, makeup, painting - houses, fingernails, artwork - scrubbing, moving crumbs, grooming hair; it goes on and on. Just to see there is beauty in so simple an object is a delight. I hope you enjoy this small (6 x 4) colored pencil painting called 'Makeup Brushes'. It was SOLD at the Coupeville Arts Festival Juried Art Show in 2011

Category › brushes , colored pencil , still life

Rainbows at our feet

Imagine capturing a rainbow and growing it in your garden. The colored foliage of Coleus is every bit as colorful and beautiful as flowers and more unexpected! This little painting is in colored pencil. 'Garden Rainbows' is just 6 x 8 but is a lovely spash of pinks and roses.

Category › coleus , colored pencil

Unleashed

At Ebey in central Whidbey Island, the field had been harvested, leaving a few old plants. The sun was low and brightening the colors of the fabulous display of color in these past season leaves. What an unexpected delight. "Cabbage Unleashed' is a 6 x 8 colored pencil painting .

Category › cabbages , colored pencil , Ebey

Peony Colored Pencil Drawing

"Peony" colored Pencil Drawing 9"by 11"

Copyright by S. Ciaccio September 2010

My colored pencil study of a Peony based on Jacqueline Gnott's Instructional Water color DVD "The Queen. I was very pleased with how this turned out. Peony's are so complex, it is easy to get lost in the petals.

Category › colored pencil , Jacqueline Gnott , Peony

Iris Colored pencil

"Iris" Colored Pencil Drawing 9" by 12"

Copyright by S. Ciaccio July 2010

Colored pencil drawing of iris study. The idea is based on Jacqueline Gnott's instructional DVD. I was not really please with the background of this drawing. I think it should be darker. I will have to work on Iris's again.

Category › colored pencil , Iris , Jacqueline Gnott

Pear and Basket Colored Pencil

"Pear in Basket" Colored Pencil

9" by 12 " 250 GSM

My colored pencil study of the pear in the basket still life. The idea was from Jacqueline Gnott's water color instruction video. I really enjoyed doing this piece. I was pleased with the results.

Category › Basket , colored pencil , Pear , still life

Orange colored Pencil

"Orange" Colored Pencil

9" by 12 " 250 GSM

My colored pencil study of the orange still life. I like the orange sections in this piece. I used a pumice stone to create the orange peel effect on the orange. I am not sure if i like the background or the choice of color. Like I said before I will have to come back to oranges again another day.

Category › colored pencil , Orange , still life

Indian Corn colored Pencil

"Indian Corn" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb. paper

My colored pencil drawing of Indian corn, this exercise is from the "Colored Pencil Painting Bible". I really had fun with developing this work. You would really be surprise how long it took to build up the layers of colors. Indian corn really provides a wide range of colors.

Category › colored pencil , Indian Corn , still life

Colored Pencil Nectarine

:Nectarine" Colored Pencil

9" by 11" 100 Lb paper

My study of the nectarine still life in colored pencil. This was the first time I tried to depict cloth with colored pencils. I was fairly pleased with the results. I need to work on how to depict folds and shadows in materiel.

Category › colored pencil , Nectarine , still life

Garlic Clove Colored pencil

"Garlic" Colored Pencil

5" by 7" 250 GSM paper

My study of a garlic clove in colored pencil. The smaller size of this series made it quicker to finish. I am very behind on the blog and will try and get more current.

Category › colored pencil , garlic , still life

Wine Bottle Colored Pencil

"Wine with Friends" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb paper

This is my colored pencil study of a wine bottle still life using colored pencil. I felt fairly good about this first attempt at a glass bottle an wine glass with colored pencil, I still have a lot of techniques to learn but at least it is recognizable as a bottle of wine.

Category › bottle , colored pencil , glass , still life , wine , wine opener

Red Bell Pepper Colored Pencil

"Bell Pepper" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb.Paper

This is my colored pencil drawing of the red bell pepper still life. When I first started using colored pencil I was using them more to plan colored for a water color of the same subject but them have become much more then that now. I fell lie they stand on the own now.

Category › Bell Pepper , colored pencil , still life

Tomato Colored Pencil

"Tomato" Colored Pencil

9" by 12" 100 lb. paper

This is my colored pencil study of the tomato still life. I used the orderless mineral spirits and the colorless blender with this study. Who knew that colored pencils were so much fun, way past coloring maps in social studies.

Category › colored pencil , still life , Tomato