Title:  Yes I think I'm Sexy and I Know It
Size:  14"x17"
Media:  Colored Pencil on Bistol Board

Thanks to Rosalind Amovin for the reference photo.
http://api.ning.com/files/wHNVMxBkLEbqYJOKdXwzNq3QwuXWFKbDNoZ9YMSP0D7RLJFd-i0iIXtMz9AFcTnITPbgJYxX0cEH7Hz*s0OZ9CSQNJmO8G1Q/028.JPG
Rosalind says Rosco is her sister's dog and he is always up to something, here he actually has a rock in his mouth that he wouldn't let go off.  I just thought he was so homely he was darling and a perfect way for me to continue working on my fur techniques.   Still got a ways to go however, doesn't look so bad in the photo but in person you wan see the individual hairs and want to get to giving the illusion without the look at just marks, so it's back to the practice board.  But he is a nice addition to my dog portfolio.

Size 9"x12"
Media: Colored Pencils on Watercolor board
Title:  Dots
Reference Photo: Harold Hopkinson  http://api.ning.com/files/3xZcW46Ul*pj9myON6gKIOzk0Ff*rFg-AtpFqQ0bu78YIu11jBgqFrenRuZhwXDXK4OG2S8QjBHh9WxzGE3Jj*8mlOdvPwXP/20110911_123.JPG

Size 9"x12"
Media: Graphite on Watercolor board
Title:  Dog drawing
I have been trying to work on my techniques for drawing hair and then work from just graphite into color renditions.  So here are my finished dogs drawn over the last two weeks.  My thanks to Harold Hopkinson for his photo of three Dalmatians.  You can check my workshop site to see some of the in-progress photos. 
Am going to continue to work on my hair techniques with another dog breed and in colored pencil.  If that turns out well then I'll try to move into pastel or acrylic.

Title:  Morning Buck
Media: Acrylic on canvas
Size 10"x16"

This is one I have had for a while, but not completed.  Decided to try to finish the half dones that populate my art room.  Lots of depth here and trying to work with composition.  Painting the leaves over the bright area and sun rays and water wavets were a bold step, seemed really bright on the paining, but looks ok on here.

Media:  Graphite on Vellum Bristol
Size:  2.5" x 3"

Here is my first ACEO, Artist Card, Editions and Originals.  Ran across this concept, even though this has been a huge deal since 2007, on a website I was reading on drawing.  Just a little behind am I??  These cards are traded or sold and collected, framed or held in trading card poly sheets and stored in binders.  They can be used as a way to get people to buy your art at affordable prices, listed from .99 to $100, and then maybe trade up to larger paintings.

This little format is pretty tricky since you really can't get much on it but when you go look on EBay what people have done is unbelieveable.

This is a great way to try new things and work on techniques, so I am going to try to enlarge my assortment and new things that I wouldn't do in a large painting with hours in it.  This is easy to do after a hard day at the office and work on while "we" are watching tv and being enthralled with the latest football game.  Now if we are talking Duke college basketball ... well, that's a different matter.

Media:  Graphite on Paper

Back to working on drawing basics.  Wanted to get  the feel of the texture and the drama of the dark and light.

Western Mountains

Media:  Acrylic
Size:  14"x18"

Really should put this on my challenge workshop page since this is a study rather than a finished painting.  Just trying out the acrylic and brushes for size - learning to make the transition from drawing media to painting media.

The Thinker

Media:  Pastel
Size:  9"x12"

Sorry for the reflections, but would have to unframe it to get a better picture.  Here the eyes tell the story.....

The Black Hat

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

Again it was the black hat that got my attention, but the biggest challenge was to make the barn wall behind the boy. 
Doesn't he look like did something?
Yes I know I have issues with eyes, nose and mouth not being consistent

Summertime

Media:  Pastel
Size:  11"x14"

What drew me here was the girls hair, just had to try those curls.
Also had to try to make the boy look like he is going to spit seeds

Poppies

Media:  Watercolor w/Pastel accents
Size:  14"x18"

Indian Child

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

She is just so sweet and I really wanted to pinch her cheeks.

Red Bandanna

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

I am a sucker for red - the red bandanna just had to be painted.  But let me tell you red pastel can really migrate across a painting, couple it with black next to it and it was quite a challenge to keep them in place with no fixative.

Young Brave

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

Yes, I fell in love with this young brave, in his prime - I found him on the cover of an old book in black and white and just had to paint him in living color.

Indian Chief

Media:  Pastel
Size:  20x24"

Again the character of the face drew me, oh the life he's seen and stories he could tell.

First Indian

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

This was the first work I completed as part of an adult Saturday morning drawing class in my local elementary school in DelRay Beach, FL

Spirit of the Homestead

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

Loved the character studies of these two - they are not married but two separate people who just fit together in my mind

Dr. Livingston -- I Presume

Media:  Pastel/Watercolor
Size:  16"x20"

This was drawn for a presentation for the owner of Levenger's who was a big fan of Dr. Livingston.  Outline of Africia was done in watercolor as the background.

The Country Mill

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"
Private Collection

Columbia Dancers

Media:  Pastel
Size 16"x20"

Columbia Star

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

My Friend's Dog

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

Boys of Summer

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

The Singer

Media:  Pastel
Size:  16"x20"

Morning Boats

Media:  Pastel
Size: 16"x20"

Autum Still Life

Media:  Pastel
Size: 16"x20"