Goofy Landscape

This was practice out of my pastel book, experimenting with different colored paper. The mood is different on light gray paper, compared to orange paper.

Blarney Grazing

I think I've captured textures a little better on this one, and I love the pine tree. Not sure about the horse. It's kind of like a ghost in the middle of all this green.

Blarney at Harmony

I decided to experiment with colored paper in my quest to draw a white horse. So, this is pretty green, and hard to see. I did it in pastel, and this is proving a hard medium for me, but it's fun. I think I'll get the hang of it. Eventually.

Landscape

Voila, colored paper. I finally got some. I practiced using my charcoals only black, white and dark gray. I never realized how the few colors and the colored paper can be used to create a mood. Cool. I'm wondering what color paper and what type of scene I should do next.

Mushrooms

Okay, I give up. I don't know why these have turned out sideways. I tried to fix it. The goal was to practice with pastel/charcoal, and concentrate on layering the colors, and thinking about which colors should come first and why. Goofy little shrooms.

I Got Out Of Bed

The inspiration for this one was an exercise in my creative writing book. The exercise was called "Why I won't Get out of Bed". Well, eventually, I do like to get out of bed. The character in my story, fights off the urge, and gets out of bed anyway, even though she could give herself over to depression about her circumstances. I didn't make my bed right away this morning, so I decided to sketch it. Let me just say, I'm furious with my colored pencils. All of them are broken, and you sharpen them and the lead breaks off. Very frustrating, and another reason for soft, muted colors.

Robin

This one looks better in person too, too much glare from the flash. I thought I colored it more smooth, but I guess not. I have no deep reason or meaning for having done this picture, I just felt like doing another picture today. I see robins all around now that spring is here. I think he's a little too thin. Maybe next time, I'll try to do a nice fat one.