"Red Grapes" Colored Pencil Study on 9x12 Canson drawing paper

I finished my drawing this morning. When I got up, it was cloudy and raining and still is at the moment, so you must forgive me on the exposure of the image. It was an interesting challenge for me tackling these grapes. For one thing, as I was drawing one grape at a time, I was thinking, oh boy, I have 20 more to go, this may take some time to complete. But, it wasn't so bad and I was able to complete it in just a few days. I know that for some experienced artists, drawing time for them is faster. One thing is true about doing colored pencils, it's a slower medium that you just can't rush. You have to be relaxed and willing to take the time on your drawing, thinking things out thoroughly. My next drawing project will be oranges. I want to try to complete a fruit series and have them framed, all in the same type of frame so that they all match. That will be my new goal for the next little while.

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"Grapes" Work in Progress 2

I worked most of last night on this second part of my drawing. Just a few more grapes to work on and more shadows to do on the table. It's very bright in my Studio right now and the grapes are sitting on my drafting table. The shadows are not really that strong, just mostly at the bottom and inside where the stem is, along the center. At this point, I'm not sure whether I should add more grapes to the center because I feel it doesn't seem complete. I'm not sure if just making it look darker is the answer either. Well, I'll just keep working on it and see what kind of result I'll end up with. It's a good thing that it's fairly easy to erase and make changes as you want to, that's what I like about doing Art.

Category › colored pencils , drawing , red grapes

"Grapes" Work in Progress

Tonight, I am sitting at my drafting table in my studio, and I'm drawing these grapes that I picked up at the grocery store earlier in the week. They are red imported grapes from the U.S.A and they taste sweet. I wanted to show that much like in painting, where you would perhaps do an under painting to tone your image before actually applying color to it, the same can apply using colored pencils as I've done here. I'm using a sheet of Canson Mi-Teints paper, which is my favorite paper to use for colored pencils. I hope you'll visit my blog to see the end result of this drawing.

Category › canson paper , colored pencils , drawing. , red grapes