Several new drawings

It's been a while since I've posted, so I have a few new things to post. One is of a colored pencil drawing I did of the Borrego Springs Area:

The other two were of my first forays into pen and marker drawings. I decided I wanted a change and do something that is more like illustration rather than fine art. I've seen a lot of nice work done with pen and ink, so I thought I would try it. Of course, it take practice to get good at it just like any other medium. I currently have several Sharpie pens and a set of markers in secondary colors. I may buy more markers if I decide I want to continue with this medium.

Here is my first attempt. It's of Oreo the duck:

This one I did last night. It's of George the killdeer. I also used a little colored pencil on it, too. In this version, I cut out the area around the drawing and put it on a clean white sheet using Photoshop. I had made a lot of smudges and marks on the original sheet of paper.

I have some items up in my Cafepress store with the killdeer design on it. Check it out:

http://www.cafepress.com/luckinsartwork/12256338

Eskimo curlew at the familiar s-curve

I did this colored pencil drawing of an Eskimo curlew and named the drawing after a description of its home in Last of the Curlews.  The whole setting is imagined.  I know there's not a lot of depth and contrast as the lighting is coming directly from the front.  Originally, I just planned to do the head, but decided to put a background in instead.

The drawing is small, about 8.5 x 5.5.  I'm not sure if I will sell anything based on this artwork.

Green woodpecker in progress

I did this colored pencil drawing of a green woodpecker as part of Wetcanvas's Weekend Drawing Event.  I'm not sure if I am going to do much more to it other than finish that left side a bit.  The photo was provided by Robert Rongier.  I only could see one leg in the reference photo.

Killdeer chick, back

Colored pencil on Strathmore paper.  Now, my killdeer chick collection is complete and I will be putting all of them on products for my Cafe Press store.  There's a widget on the left side of the page if you want to see what I am selling with these drawings on them.

Another killdeer chick drawing

Here's another killdeer chick drawing I did in colored pencil.

By the way, the drawing I did a couple of days ago is on sale on some items on CafePress.  An example of an item can be seen here.  I will be adding more items as times goes on.  This little chick and the one I did yesterday also will be on some items.

Little Killer (the killdeer chick)

Another colored pencil drawing of a killdeer chick.  This one is of one I named "Killer" a few years back.

Firecracker, the killdeer chick

I just finished this colored pencil drawing of "Firecracker" the killdeer chick that likes to run.  I plan to put it along with my other colored pencil killdeer chick drawing on items on Cafepress.  If you want to see my Cafepress art store, you can click here:

Luckins Artwork on Cafepress

Tommy

This is a colored pencil drawing of Tom the Turkey Duck (Muscovy) who lived at Lake Murray.  I drew this as part of illustrating my book "Brave Tiny" about a killdeer family that lives at Blue Lake, a made-up lake in San Diego.

I haven't decided if I am going to further work on the background or on Tom, himself, yet.

Crow

I just finished this 11 x 14 drawing of a crow that I started at the San Diego Audubon Bird Festival a few weeks ago.  We were told to draw the crow and not do any erasing.  I took a picture of the model to finish it up at home.  It's done in Prismacolor pencil.

San Diego Bird Festival Art Class

There was a big San Diego Bird Festival today and they had a beginning bird art workshop.  I went and they had me draw using a model of a crow.  I brought my own colored pencils.  I didn't get to finish it.  I know this isn't the best scan, but I'll try to get a better one when I finish it.  It's 9 x 12'

Pepper the duckling

I did this so that it could be my avatar on Backyardchickens.com. It's a little black duckling I named Pepper who grew up at Lake Murray this year.

It's done in colored pencil on Canson drawing paper.

Pool Phoebe

I just finished this small, 4 x 6 colored pencil drawing of the black phoebe that visits our pool:

Little colored pencil duckies

Here's a colored pencil drawing I did with three duckies. Sorry they look a little distorted:

Little baby duck

I did this little colored pencil drawing on paper of a little baby mallard duckling.

Another killdeer chick drawing.

Here is another killdeer chick drawing I did on paper with Prismacolor colored pencils.

Killdeer Chick

I just realized that I never posted this quick colored pencil drawing of a killdeer chick on this blog. I am about to embark on a large painting of a killdeer family that will take me some time. I will be posting it here in thirds, but it might take me a while.

I started a new blog about killdeers, phoebes and finches. Please bear with me on that blog as I save up for a better lens to get better bird photos.

Some pictures from Weekend Drawing Events

Here are a couple of pictures from weekend drawing events on the website Wetcanvas.com. These are both after working two hours.

The weekend drawing event is where someone posts several photos and you have to pick at least on of those photos within 30 minutes. Then, once you've picked one, you work for two hours and then show your work on the site. You can then finish the piece, or which I haven't done, yet, with these two.

Both of these are in colored pencil. The sushi is from this weekend's WDE and the landscape is from one at the end of February 2010.

I think it's good to work on different subjects, especially when I am thinking of trying to get into graphic design.

Lion Drawing Finished

I meant to post this earlier, but I forgot, sorry. I finished my lion drawing a while back. It's 8.5 x 5.5 on paper and done with colored pencil.

Latest Work in Progress January 2010

I am working on this small colored pencil drawing. I've already fixed the eye of this lion and will be finishing it up eventually.

Update on the Colored Pencil Drawing.

I think I am going to call it done for now, save a few improvements in case I want to show it. It's 9 x 12 colored pencil on paper.