Thursday, March 28, 2013

Woburn Guild of Artists

The Woburn Guild of Artists are meeting tonight at New Horizons at Choate in the Terrace Lounge in Woburn from 7:00 - 9:00 PM.   I will be bringing Buster with me to work on.  It's going to be a great meeting, always is.  I'll be posting an update on Buster either tonight or tomorrow.

If any one is interested in becoming a member of the Woburn Guild of Artists, please visit our web site at www.woburnartguild.org for more details and to get a glimpse of all the things we do throughout the year.


Sunday, March 24, 2013

Buster WIP 3

Here's an update on my portrait of Buster. I'm using a Pentel 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil with a 2B lead for the darks. For lighter tone, I'm using a 4H lead. I'm blending using a medium tortillion and soft tissue paper. I pick out lighter strands of hair/fur using a Tuff Stuff eraser which I cut at an angle to get a nice sharp edge. For highlights, I use a kneaded eraser which I pinch together to get a nice sharp edge. I'm still making adjustments to the tone but I'm going to moving on as I try to continue to bring Buster to life on paper.

Drawing of Artist Kate Zambrano (WIP)

  Here is an update on my drawing of Kate Zambrano, 9 x 12 graphite pencil on Bristol Smooth paper. Kate is one of the artists who inspires ...