I have tons of roses blooming in my backyard - I would love them in the front, too, but the deer would demolish them. 😕 So the backyard furnishes me with many subjects for painting. This on...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2024/04/white-rose-acrylic-painting-rose.html
I bought some cold press 8 x 8"watercolor paper at Hobby Lobby and was just trying it to see how it would work for oil pastel, but ended up doing mostly watercolor on it. And you know, I'm no ...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2024/03/green-bikini-mixed-media-figurative.html
I was trying to decide on a "pose" for a flamenco painting - so I went through a few of my drawings to find one I liked. The first one I did from life and was quickly drawn - much lighter beca...
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Here's a 7 x 5" Pastelbord sketch of the model Marilee that I did using Caran d'Ache pastel pencils. I do love this medium - the only problem for me with soft pastels is the framing. A...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2024/02/marilee-in-pastel-pencils-original.html
Nothing more interesting or challenging than drawing from life. I've participated in life drawing groups for many, many years and I never tire of them. A lot of this piece was done usin...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/12/jacob-portrait-drawing-from-life.html
Trying to get sketches of the last flowers in the garden, I did a quick sketch of this one, a floribunda rose while I had some light. Done on Bee 6 x 9" watercolor paper which I coated with ...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/12/flower-sketch-original-oil-pastel.html
I was running out of room on my page so just drew over previous drawings. I love doing this sort of thing. The drawing is on 6 x 8" paper from a Strathmore Bristol board sketchbook. It...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/11/three-guys-pen-and-ink-drawing-from-life.html
Lately I've been indulging in life drawing sessions on Zoom and am loving it! This drawing was done with General Pencil Co. Peel 'n' Sketch charcoal and Primo charcoal - both SO wonderful - ...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/11/mondays-model-charcoal-drawing-from-life.html
Here are some of my life drawing efforts - mostly quick pieces, which are my favorite. I learn a lot from this kind of work even if I don't finish and there are mistakes because it ...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/10/black-and-white-variety-original-life.html
This loose drawing is one I copied from a more serious piece that I did in a life drawing group. I was getting ready to send the first one to File 13, but gave it another life here. I al...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/09/sketch-of-janie-original-oil-pastel.html
Kind of intense game between these two and I had to make my move while I could. I'm always so happy to have models even if that's not what they had in mind! I scribbled this one on 16 x ...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/09/chess-game-original-oil-pastel-portrait.html
More loose and fun for me than usual. About 6 x 5" on toned gray Strathmore paper. I'm working on some 4 x 4" paintings and other pieces that if they work out okay, I'll post in a co...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/09/seated-nude-45-original-charcoal.html
Every day I draw something - here's from yesterday. The day before that it was two or three landscapes. I'm kind of hooked on the male torso from ancient times - someday, maybe, I'll...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/09/drawing-practice-original-charcoal.html
This 11 x 14" charcoal and ink drawing on Bristol board was a challenge because of the woman's turn of her leg - always kind of tough to depict, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Just ...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/09/more-jivers-original-figurative-drawing.html
Quick drawing of this slugger - so much fun to draw from baseball games - was in Baltimore the other day to see the Orioles play KC! And Orioles won - Yay! I even love the sounds of a base...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/06/my-favorite-season-original-ink-and.html
Here's a drawing that I love but simply cannot paint. Painting from this piece just eludes me. This happens a lot - I guess because when I do the drawing, so often I'm actually looking a...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/06/we-demand-to-be-drawing-ink-and.html
This drawing is one of those "catch them while you can" drawings. Not often enough do I have a live model all to myself! Alexis is a model I've drawn from before, but this time it wasn't in a ...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/05/sketch-of-alexis-mixed-media-portrait.html
Totally loved doing this drawing, beginning with vine charcoal and then moving to Caran d'Ache oil pastel. The (unsuspecting) model was in a quartet I was lucky to see and being close to t...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-violinist-original-charcoal-and-oil.html
I did this painting with Caran d'Ache and Sennelier oil pastels on black mixed media 7 x 5" paper. A maiko is a very young woman who is training to become a geisha. These young women have so m...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/04/maiko-5-original-oil-pastel-portrait.html
More fun for me - a few minutes with this young woman and her colorful outfit. The black lines that outline the figure are from a General Pencil Company Peel and Sketch charcoal pencil - I...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/04/zara-in-peasant-blouse-original-oil.html
Not an easy pose to hold with the feet in that position and one arm over the other - just increases my respect for models! I used a Sharpie pen to 'feel' the model and since the lines this lef...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/02/just-little-ink-sketch-original-ink.html
This drawing is totally loose and undirected with absolutely no thought to the end result. Shouldn't admit it, but yeah, that's the truth. I just put splashes of color here and there and...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/01/40s-jive-original-ink-and-watercolor.html
Although I love to draw with charcoal, occasionally I will use a graphite pencil to do a portrait. I used HB and 2B on this one - the support was Canson mixed media paper. The paper is whi...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2023/01/loree-original-graphite-portrait.html
Salsa dancers are figures I don't draw much, but now and then, I do see a pose that appeals to me and here's one. Some of my dancers go on to become larger oil paintings and this may be one...
https://hackberrystreetstudio.blogspot.com/2022/12/salsa-original-oil-pastel-figurative.html
This drawing was done on a 9 x 12" cream colored paper that was in a stack of my acid-free papers. I never tire of drawing nudes - that's where I started my formal art journey and I think that...
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