Old Red Barn Commission

Old Red Barn

Prismacolor Colored Pencil on Stonehenge

Beth S. Macre © 2005

While I am working furiously on my current pen and ink house commission, I will post a colored pencil commission that I did a couple of years ago. The highway is being widened next to this property, so the owners house had to be torn down. The house was located next to where I took this photo. The barn is still there, but the house has been torn down, so the yard has been changed. Although the barn is pretty old, the owners (farmers) have taken really good care of it.

Latest Pen and Ink Home Commission

18" x 8" Pen and Ink

on Stonehenge

I just finished this commission of my neighbor's house. (Those pine trees are in my backyard!) I have done several architectural study drawings over the last few years. I guess the people in my little town know my pen and ink work more than anything else. I've only had one architectural colored pencil commission requested so far. I drew a barn a few years back with colored pencils. I have one more house to draw before Christmas. I will be starting that one tonight.

Drawing Partner

My Painting Partner

This little cutie sits and waits in my chair at my drawing table when I am on the computer. Here he is all decked out in his Christmas sweater. He wants to sit in my lap to see what I'm doing, but I don't get much accomplished with him in lap. I'm trying to finish the drawing that is on my table. It, and one more, have to be finished before Christmas!

Santa ACEO Series

"Santa's Flight with his Pal Snowflake"

Here are a couple more Santa ACEOs that recently sold on Ebay. I enjoy the small cards (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") because they can be finished quickly (for me). These were done with prismacolor watercolor pencils and ink on watercolor paper. I enjoy creating the different illustrations and the variety that comes with creating all unique miniature works.

SOLD

"Catching Some Z's with Santa"

Colored pencil, ink.

Beth S. Macre © 2007

Latest ACEOs

I've only had time for ACEOs lately. I've done a series of Santa ACEOs to sell on Ebay. Right now I have 2 listed. I would like to have more listed at once, however I just do not have the extra time to work on any during the week. Unfortunately, my personal art time is limited to the weekends. So here are my latest are variations of Santa, done in watercolor pencils and pen and ink.

Pumpkin ATC

Beth S. Macre © 2007

Here is my latest ACEO for the trade on ScribbleTalk. This is prismacolor on white stonehenge.

Seasons of Trees

This tree is created with colored pencil scribbles on cut white paper on black paper. I first cut the white paper into a tree shape, spreading out the white paper on the black background paper, glued the white paper down. Then I started adding the scribbles for the colors. I wanted to show the stages of the seasons that the tree goes through during a year. The scribbling was a little scarey at first, but it got easier the more I added. I've seen other colored pencil artists use the scribbling technique that I wanted to try. Specifically John Smolko, the award winning artist known for this technique. This tree is experimental and I enjoyed the process. Maybe I will try another one soon. Right now I am working on another tree, but not scribbling. I will post it when I finish.