My Museum

Oil pastel on pastel paper

Oil pastel on canvass - Joshua 1:8 Item: GIFT    Owner: KEVIN SANDERS   Location: MANILA/USA   Year: 2008

Another one for practice . This is a pillow case placed randomly on the table. The purpose is to be able to sketch and capture the creases and the folds. Subjects like this help us understand and create volume, shading and effect of light.

Acrylic on home made canvass. Canvass prime is white latex paint. This particular painting is for my cousin in Dubai.    

I've been enjoying doing pencil sketches since I got my 'visual diary'. I've always thoughy I draw poorly and only the colors give my works some depth but I've been surprising myself lately. I seem to be improving and really prefer to do 'still life' sketches.  I love colors and bright ones but my taste have somehow subdued and now I do enjoy pencil sketching. Pencil sketching help improve drawing, form, eye for tones and values

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Dad made this wooden horse for the nephews a few months back from the trunk of a neighbor's tree. He always comes up with something very creative recycling something that many would already consider scrap and junk. I'll be featuring his works now and then here.