New Project: Swimmer

In the spirit of summer, I'm doing this.

I saw this ESPN ad of Jim Fiscus in one of my magazines and had one of those "lightning-strike" moments of "I need to draw this." So here it is so far. I'm chin-deep in my least favorite part of the whole thing, which is always the first third of any project. It's a time full of self-doubt and indecision. I'm hoping it passes soon.

Fairy Forest from the Fairy Series

Medium: Prismacolor Colored Pencils on Canson drawing paper

Trying to stretch the brain a bit by veering from the photo-realism technique and trying something more illustrative.

"First Round" finished!

Actually finished this a few months ago; I just haven't had time to post it. But here it is. I think it's okay. Slight morphing here and there, and the colors aren't as bright as they are in the photo, but trying different techniques and tools to combat the dulling wax "bloom" that often accompanies colored pencil projects.

I showed my boss the piece and she liked it, but she was most impressed with the fact that I filled the ice to the brim of the glass. Ahhhh, corporate mind washing.....