Rin · @Rinnarrae
7 followers · 24 posts · Server socel.net
Andy Aldridge · @grange85
222 followers · 1313 posts · Server mas.to

Sketch for a card. The recipient, her parents, and possibly her grandparents won't have a clue what it is!!

#colouredpencils #pencil #sketch #smallfilms #majorclanger #clanger

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
309 followers · 282 posts · Server mastodon.art

Carolina Wren — the wren I hear most often in the ravine: loud and clear! Coloured pencil on hot pressed paper. Thanks to Paul Reeves for the use of his wren photo as a reference.

#wildlifeartist #wildlifeart #birdart #colouredpencils

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
306 followers · 271 posts · Server mastodon.art

I finished the young foxes. They can now run free as I scrub the pencil dust off my hands and desk (and clothes) 😏 Thanks to Bonny Snowdon for the fox tutorial. Photo credits: Pixabay (foxes) and me (background).

#colouredpencils #foxes #wildlifeart

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
293 followers · 266 posts · Server mastodon.art

When/if I finish this piece, I’m going to have to clean a lot of pencil dust out of my skin and hair, and maybe get a new kneadable eraser 😛 Still, one fox done, 2/3 of a fox to go … Photos from pixabay (foxes) and me (logs); fox tutorial by Bonny Snowdon

#redfox #colouredpencils #wildlifeart

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
294 followers · 261 posts · Server mastodon.art

I’ve begun a drawing that uses my own photo as a ref for the background and one from pixabay as a ref for the fox kits, while following a tutorial on the kits (Bonny Snowdon). The loose sketching is freaking me out, lol. I usually draw in detail, section by section, but am making myself try this new (to me) method of sketching in tonal values across the foxes before adding detail. It’s good to experiment — even if you’re rubbish at sketching, as I am 🫣

#redfox #wildlifeart #colouredpencils

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
283 followers · 237 posts · Server mastodon.art

Finished! Male pileated woodpecker feeding his young. Such a good dad! Ref photo: iStock

#canadianartist #colouredpencils #wildlifeart #birdart

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
280 followers · 235 posts · Server mastodon.art

On this dreary, rainy day am drawing tree bark. Brownish-grey bark cheers me up — what can I say? Ref photo: iStock

#colouredpencils #canadianartist #wildlifeart #birdart

Last updated 2 years ago

xblissx · @xblissx_art
4 followers · 10 posts · Server mstdn.party

Here is my old Hunger Games fanart for the 11th anniversary of the film! 💚 🏹

#thehungergames #katnisseverdeen #FanArt #artistsonmastodon #colouredpencils

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
270 followers · 228 posts · Server mastodon.art

I can now add “draws grubs” to my CV 🙂

#birdart #colouredpencils #workinprogress

Last updated 2 years ago

magicalwoodlands · @magicalwoodlands
294 followers · 173 posts · Server mastodon.art

The realism some accomplish in boggles my mind. Sheer mad props for artmaking badassery! I struggle against defaulting to realism (happily I'm not that good!). I'm most practiced at & that's the approach I bring to colored pencil as I learn it. (In fact I got colored pencils this year so I could work in color while lolling on the couch with a cat on my lap--not feasible with wet media IMHO). Choosing subjects/refs a challenge right now.

#watercolor #colouredpencils #coloredpencils #artists

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
266 followers · 221 posts · Server mastodon.art

This wolf was a huge pleasure to draw — except for the last ten minutes when I got impatient to finish 😄 With thanks to Bonny Snowdon for the tutorial and Susan Richardson for the reference photo!

#wildlifeartist #canadianartist #Pastelmat #colouredpencils #wolves #wolf #wildlifeart

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
264 followers · 215 posts · Server mastodon.art

I finished this rhino just in time for my husband’s birthday. I kept having to untape it from my drawing board and replace it with the wolf picture before he walked in the door. It was a relief to just give it to him and be done with it 😏 Ref photo: iStock

#colouredpencils #wildlifeart

Last updated 2 years ago

Giovanna Gioli · @ggioli
193 followers · 57 posts · Server eldritch.cafe
Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
264 followers · 211 posts · Server mastodon.art

I pretty much hated Pastelmat (a cellulose-based surface) until I began working on this wolf. It is giving me so many options for texture — which is ideal for wolf hair. I love it! Thank you to Bonny Snowdon for the tutorial and Susan Richardson for the reference photo.

#carandache #fabercastell #clairefontaine #workinprogress #wildlifeart #colouredpencils

Last updated 2 years ago

Chloe Cumming · @ChloeCumming
513 followers · 674 posts · Server home.social

An ancient king, a deceiver of many eyebrow positions

Drawing, mixed media

#king #pastel #pencils #colouredpencils #art #mastoart

Last updated 2 years ago

Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
259 followers · 204 posts · Server mastodon.art

Both eyes done! The better to see you with, my dear. Wolf-In-Progress. Thanks to Bonny Snowdon for the tutorial and Susan Richardson for the great photo.

#canadianartist #colouredpencils #animalart #wildlifeart

Last updated 3 years ago

PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1196 followers · 9923 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Megan O'Connor · @meganoconnor
260 followers · 200 posts · Server mastodon.art

I’m at that stage of drawing Mr. Red, like reading a good book, where I want to rush to the end but don’t want to stop reading 😏 Posted with permission by the owner and photographer.

#amdrawing #drawingboard #vizsla #dogart #colouredpencils

Last updated 3 years ago

The Fresh Start of Bel Aire · @Nezchan
13 followers · 103 posts · Server artisan.chat

So I've started playing around with those watercolour pads I picked up on Friday, And my grog, there's more tooth in this than the second Aliens film.

Back when I was trying to be an animation student and draw everything with line, I drew on smooth paper only. So this is WAY outside my comfort zone, and that's a good thing.

Top left is blending blue and yellow, while the rest is a skin tone exercise, but trying out rubbing alcohol to blend.

#colouredpencils #TraditionalArt #beginnerart

Last updated 3 years ago