Day # 8 "Boy and a cat" Colored Pencil

8x8

Colored Penci

Day #8 in the "20 Paintings in 30 Days" challenge. I chose to use a photo from a free artist reference photos site and I chose colored pencil  as the medium. I know the challenge is for paintings but when I use the mineral spirits with the colored pencil it has a painterly effect.

"Rhodesian Ridgeback" Colored Pencil by Charlotte Yealey

11x12

Colored Pencil

The breed of this dog is a Rhodesian Ridgeback which I photographed at a sighthound event I attended with my sighthound.  Named for the ridge of hair on their back that grows in the opposite direction.

"Halen Running"

12x16

Colored Pencil

My dog, Halen the ibizan hound, loves to run. This colored pencil drawing was fun to do because of his happy expression when gets a chance to do what he loves to do. I also tried to capture the sense of movement in his legs and sometimes completely airborne.

"Mix It Up" Colored Pencil

9x12

Colored Pencil

I love capturing light reflections in glass especially colored glass. This bowl was my mother's which brings back so many memories when I recreate it on paper. This colored pencil painting was  selected to be shown in the 2012 Keystone National Works on Paper Exhibit at the Mechanicsburg Art Centers gallery.