Beginnings
 

Progression


I think this was my first colored pencil piece done in 1992 as a class project.
 My first colored pencil piece done outside the classroom. "Portrait of a Live Model", a class project done in 1993.
 
I purchased this Walter Foster publication which introduced me to burninshing. Up until this time I was mainly coloring with the colored pencils. Following the directions in the book, this was my first attempt at burnishing. (1993) My second attempt at burnishing. Also an exercise in the Walter Foster book. (1993)
 
This was my first large scale project. Some of it is burnished but most of it is not. I learned a great deal about colored pencils while working on this portrait which was a study done from a picture I found in a magazine. My first attempt at working from my own photograph. Also done in 1993. The entire surface of this one was burnished. I decided I really liked the way it looked compared to what I had been doing up until this time.  A study also done from a picture I found in a magazine. 
 
This was a study I did using only black and white pencils. Every thing I'd been learning seemed to come together in this study. Portrait of a live model. For comparison.
Even though my techniques have changed considerably over the last 15 years, and I don't burnish everything anymore, these last few pictures set the tone for the way I handle the pencils today. I placed the study of the Indian next to the "Portrait of a Live Model" so you could see the progress I made in one year just by sitting down and experimenting with the pencils.   Happy Penciling!
Linda

 

Page Thirteen: Students Work
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