Fall


                                                  HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL
I am working on drawing individual,face features with pastel, But I seem to get easily bored.  When we travel I carry a cheap set of Marie's pastels.  They are really light pastel colors, not many darks.  I also grabbed a sketch book with white paper that I haven't used in many years.  As I thumbed through the pages I saw some beginning sketches of tree trunks and decided to do something that used my old beginnings and felt like Fall.  Since I didn't have dark brown I used a 6B pencil and tried a tip from pastelist Paul deMarrais on how he draws tree trunks/twigs.  Figured if it works for pastel sticks it would for pencils as well.  Just turn the pencil as you pull it over the paper.  There is no way you can draw a stiff straight line.  The whole picture is just made up and it was great fun just doing this little sketch.
Thanks for stopping by and here are my eye sketches


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Mellowood Gallery said…
What a super tip for drawing branches and twigs! Thanks Nelvia, I will be sharing it with my students. I really like your eyes - great light in the irises. Have a super day!
November 25, 2016 at 10:56 AM
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