Snow Day

So DC has slowed to a crawl, and I am not talking about congress, we have a snow storm and DC drivers are not too good at driving so everything is shutdown.  This is the view from my living room window.  It is a living room "Plein Air" oil painting.  All the fun of painting a scene from life without the hassle of snow, wind and cold.

Hopi Woman

So to complete a thread of Hopis, from child, to girl, to woman, this is a pencil and colored pencil sketch of a Hopi woman.  I did this sketch from the Hopi book I had picked up and throughly enjoyed.  The book is an expansion of a National Geographic article from the 1990s.  The Hopis are a very interesting Native American tribe located in the southwest of the US.  They live a life very close to the seasons along with an annual series of rituals and dances.

Hopi girl

This is a pencil drawing of a Hopi girl.  The picture was in the Hopi book I have and this is a quick sketch for fun, enjoyment, and skills improvement.  This sketch resides in one of my sketchbooks.   I have about 30 in various stages of completion.  Some are themed and some are just the general everyday sketches (mostly everyday).  She is in my native american sketchbook which is about 1/4 full.  Sketchbooks are a capture tool for ideas, experiments, and general creative fun.

Hopi Baby

This is a pencil drawing of a Hopi Baby strapped down in a cradle from a Hopi book I have picked up. I loved the juxtapose of the baby with the red accents in the cradle hood and the blanket.  It was a fun little challendge and I enjoyed the results.  So now you can enjoy the results.

Julia's Smirk

This is a white charcoal, charcoal, and pencil of my niece Julia.  She kept smirking so I decided to capture it.  She is a pretty lively personality so a smirk fits.

Sophia

This is another version of Sophia, my niece, but done in pencil.

Sophia

So this is is a black charcoal, white chalk, and pencil.  I have been working on these type of portraits for awhile and this is part of the ones which are starting to be good enough to make the cut to be in the blog.