Work In Progress (WIP) Autumn Maples Finished!

Well, I finally finished this drawing that I had on the backburner from last summer. I've lost count of how many hours I put into it. Probably around 70 hours. I'll show the steps and the finished piece. It's stippled primarily with a 00 rapidograph, I also used a #2 sized one and a 3x0. F&W acrylic inks were used, as well as, some india ink.

I know I've been promising more frequent updates......here are some.

I know, I know, I've been promising more frequent updates. It's not that I haven't been doing any artwork, truthfully, it's that I've been waiting until I could get a better camera. I didn't want to continue to put poor quality photos of my art on my blog. It doesn't do my own work justice, and it doesn't please those who view my blog. Now, I have a good camera......finally! So, I will be posting frequent updates. All of the photos except the piece of the eagle and Native American Chief Wolf Robe, are taken with the old camera. I wish I had time to re-photograph everything on here, but I don't. The eagle and Chief Wolf Robe is 9x12 inches on Bristol Smooth. 95% stippled with a 3x0 Rapidograph pen. The small paintings are acrylic on Bristol Smooth, no gessoed ground, no airbrush. Golden heavy body and Grumbacher Academy acrylics were used. They range in size from 4x6 inches to some odd size, I'm not sure of. Oh, I wanted to mention that the reference for the eagle came from wetcanvas.com and for the native american this great site www.firstpeople.us. The glass candle holder is from direct observation, and the apple is from wetcanvas.com.