Strawberry ATC

"One Strawberry"

2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Prismacolor on Stonehenge

Beth S. Macre © 2008

This ATC (Artist Trading Card) will be traveling to England to its new home. The latest ATC exchange on ScribbleTalk was announced Sunday. As usual, there are some very nice little works of art on display.

Finished Pear

“Pair for a Pear”

5" x 7"
Colored pencil on Pastel board

Beth S. Macre © 2008

I'm calling this finished. I'm not so happy with it however. I was trying to make it a little like the last pear that I painted, but I realized after I was halfway through that it is much smaller than the first one. So it just doesn't look like a companion piece. I guess it will just have to hang on its own or I will need to create 2 more pieces. One to go with each of these pears. Maybe I will do a different fruit as a companion piece. I believe I'm tired of pears for now. My goal is to learn to use the neocolors with the pastel board, so I will continue to do that. I still have a lot to learn. But I look forward to playing.

Thanks for looking!

A Pair for the Other Pear

Last month I painted a pear with Neocolor IIs. The Neocolors are pretty new and I've been trying out new ways to shorten the process of getting strong color down quickly. Many colored pencil artists are using these new materials and coming up with beautiful results. I like the results I got with the first pear and decided I wanted a companion piece to go with the first pear. So I started this one a couple of days ago. I am using Ampersand pastel board as a support. This one has a grayish color on the pastel board. Keep in mind, this is only the second painting that I've done with the neocolors, so this is definitely an experiment.

The first picture is the underpainting with the neocolors.

A light layer of neocolors are put on then water is brushed on the make it fluid. The color becomes very bright when water is added!

The second has a couple of layers of Prismacolor added.

The third has more layers of colored pencils.

It's not finished yet. I still need to add more layers, highlights, darken shadows, and a few other little tweaks. I will post the final in a day or two.

Radar with Color

“Radar”
2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Colored pencil on Stonehenge
Beth S. Macre © 2008
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The more I looked at this one just in pen, the more I decided that it needed some color. He has a pretty brown fur around his face and a couple of spots on his body. It just looked like it needed some warm color. He has a really small head with really big ears. This Papillon is such a sweet and cute little guy. I may put this ACEO on ebay later this week.

Happy Easter!

“Pair of Bunnies”
Acrylic on 2 Canvases
Beth S. Macre © 2007

These were painted last year for a friend for the nursery of her first child.

Happy Birthday Jessica!

“Wearing Mom’s Hat”
Colored pencil on Bristol
© Beth S. Macre

My oldest child turned 21 today! So I guess she is my adult child now. Happy Birthday Jessica!

This is a colored pencil drawing that I did many years ago. It was one of my early colored pencil drawings. I’m not even sure what year I drew this. It was probably around 1994 or 1995. When my kids were very small, we would set up the kiddie pool in the back yard. One afternoon, Jessica put on my straw hat and light was shining through the little holes on the hat, so I pulled out my camera and took some pictures. I loved this picture, so I had to draw it. It seems like just yesterday. This one hangs outside her bedroom door in our house.

New sketch!

“Radar”
2 1/2” x 3 1/2”
Beth S. Macre © 2008

Well I was able to get in one sketch this afternoon. It started out just as a quick pencil sketch that I planned to put colored pencil to, but then I decided to add black pen outline...and 30 minutes later I had this much ink. So I'm calling it finished. I may do another using colored pencil. This little fella is more than happy to pose for a picture any time. He is one happy little Papillon!