"Above and Below"
13" x 26" - Wax-based Media (Colored Pencil, Artist Crayon, and Oil Pastel) Created with the Icarus Drawing Board
View ArticleColored Pencil Over Artist Crayon & Oil Pastel?
As you can see on step #1, it’s impossible to layer a hard medium over a softer one. The pink colored pencil can only make indentations and scratches over the light blue artist crayon. Here is where...
View ArticleTime Saving Tip on Blending
Blending artist crayon or oil pastel with colored pencil can be broken down into four steps. Step 1 - Layering artist crayon on the cool zone Step 2 - Melting artist crayon on the warm zone with a...
View ArticleA Shortcut for Details
I'm working on a very detailed pebble piece. I'm combining Prismacolor colored pencil, Neopastel oil pastels & Neocolor artist crayons on Colourfix paper. I'm eager to show you a small (2"x2"),...
View Article"Fire and Ice"
18" x 18" - Wax-based Media (Colored Pencil, Artist Crayon, and Oil Pastel) Created with the Icarus Drawing Board. This is my latest work in my pebbles series - a very abstract approach to nature. I...
View Article"River Pebbles, No. 10"
Title: River Pebbles, No. 10 Size: 5" x 5" Medium: Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils (Verithin and Softcore), Caran d'Ache Luminance Colored Pencils, Caran d'Ache Neocolor I and II, Olbein Oil...
View Article"Crescendo"
Title: Crescendo Size: 17" x 10" Medium: wax-based media (oil pastel, artist crayon, colored pencil) Surface: Art Spectrum Colourfix Supertooth Board Technique: Icarus Drawing Board Mounted on a 17" x...
View Article"Impasse"
Size: 17" x 15" Medium: wax-based media (oil pastel, artist crayon, colored pencil) Surface: Canvas primed with Art Spectrum Colourfix Supertooth primer Technique: Icarus Drawing Board Mounted on a 17"...
View ArticlePushing the Limits
Last summer at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts I had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of visitors and many of them inquired if I had large-scale work available. This rekindled my longstanding...
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