My Recent Artworks in Colored Pencils

Pictures below are some of my recent artworks created using only Colored Pencils.

1) This artwork below is for the Studio Challenge for the "COLOR" magazine

Title:  Hello Summer!
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos  Color Pencils, Prismacolor Colorless Blender Pencil and white gel pen for highlights only on Kohinoor Color Pencil Paper
Size: 9.5 by 7.5"
Photo reference credit: Ann Kullberg and her amazing team from "Color" magazine and the Mountain bluebird is my own photo reference 

2)This year I will be attending  the CPSA (Colored Pencil Society of America ) International convention held later this month. The CPSA convention will be held in Brea,CA this year from July 31- Aug 3,2019.

I am also a  member of CPSA San Jose local chapter.  Local member chapter artists are contributing artworks related to Monarch Butterfly to raise awareness about the slow decline of this amazing butterfly population at this convention.

Picture below is a scientific illustration of the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. This illustration shows the various stages the Monarch butterfly goes through before it transforms itself into a beautiful butterfly.

Title: Metamorphosis
Size: 5 x 7"
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencils on Canson's Cold press watercolor paper. Used only 10% Sakura micron pens
Photo Reference Credit: My own reference.
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3)I recently visited the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History and created the following scientific illustrations from my visit.

Title: Rufous Hummingbird, Noctuid Moth on a Pink Heliconia Flower
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencils on Canson's mixed media paper
Size: 9 x 12"
Reference Photo Credit: My own reference and the hummingbird drawn from subject 

 

Hummingbirds generally like the nectar from Heliconia flowers. It is actually their favorite flower to drink nectar.

Title: The Green Birdwing Butterfly
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencils on Canson's cold press watercolor paper
Size: 4 x 7"
Photo Reference Credit: Pixabay

4) I purchased a Tulip at a local farmers market. It was so beautiful that I decided to put my scientific illustration skills to test and created this artwork from life. The moths in the picture is also my own reference. I attended an event called "Moth Night" on National moth day last year. I added this moth to add visual interest to this composition. I made rough sketches of this moth in my sketchbook and used them as reference for my artwork.  The magnification of these moths have been reduced in scale.

Title: Tulip with Moths
Medium: Faber- Castell Polychromos Color Pencils on Canson's Mixed media paper
Size: 9 x 12"
Photo Reference--  Tulip Drawn from Subject and moths are from my sketches and photo reference 

5) On March 21, 2019 , I won  first place in the Gold section  at the monthly Sunnyvale Art Club meeting competition.

Note: This will be my last entry under Gold section and from now onwards I move to the Blue/Advanced section.

Title: Oh Deer!
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencils, Micron pens on Canson's Cold press watercolor paper
Size: 11 by 14"

Club members  who win the monthly competition at the club get to display their painting at a local cafe located in downtown Sunnyvale,CA  for the whole month ( Mar 22- April 24, 2019) under the signage " Sunnyvale Art Club's Artist of the month" signage.

Here is my picture below the signage at the cafe.

Title: Oh Deer!
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencils, Micron pens on Canson's Cold press watercolor paper
Size: 11 by 14"

6) This is my entry for the Colored Pencil Magazine' s Sep 2018 challenge.

Title: Dino Candy
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Color pencils on Canson's Black paper
Size: 7 x 5"
Photo Reference Credit: Sally Robertson ( Copyright released)

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"Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks." -- Yo-Yo Ma

My artworks in Print in the recent months

Happy to inform you all that my artworks have been published in several magazines and periodicals  in the recent months.

1) Artwork published on Ann Kullberg's 20th Anniversary Member "COLOR" show periodical. I would like to thank Ann Kullberg who is a great Artist, Author and a Global Colored Pencil ambassador and her team of judges for providing me with this opportunity.

Here is a picture of the Front cover of the book:

Title: 20th Anniversary Member show book

Picture below is the spread with my artwork from the above book

Spread where my artwork is printed!
Title: The Beautiful Lily
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromes Color Pencils on cold press watercolor paper

If you would like to purchase this book, you can get your copy here https://annkullberg.com/collections/books-more/products/20-year-anniversary-celebration-member-show-book

2) For the month of June  2019 Colored Pencil Magazine, my artwork was published in this article " Giving away your art".

 Picture of Colored Pencil Magazine June 2019 issue

Colored Pencil Magazine June 2019 issue front cover

Picture below is the spread with my artwork from the above book

Spread where my artwork is printed!
Title: The Beautiful Lily
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromes Color Pencils on cold press watercolor paper

I no longer own the above artwork.  I turned it into a greeting card. It sold this year in the Spring boutique show.

If you would like to get a copy of this magazine, you can purchase them here: https://coloredpencilmag.com/product/1906issue/

Picture below  is a close-up of the artwork:

Title: The Beautiful Lily!
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromes Color Pencils on cold press watercolor paper

Also created one more  painting with the same lily which was published in the 20th "Color" Member show Anniversary book this year. “The Beautiful Lily” is a part of a series which I started working on early this year. This series is called “ A Celebration of Beauty in Nature”. On one of my trips to a Botanical garden, I first saw this beautiful lily. I was attracted by its radiant yellow glistening under the glowing sun. It was like a love at first sight moment for me. Then and there I knew that this flower will be a part of this series of flower drawings. I took enough pictures from this trip for future reference. I worked layer upon layer mixing colors until I got the right values. I totally enjoyed doing this art piece  and had a blast as I laid  down each stroke of color to capture its beauty , drama, mood and texture.


 3) The competition was fierce with a record of 907 entries this year (2019).  

I am honored and happy  to inform you  all that   my  Colored Pencil artwork "The Scarlet Ibis" has been  selected for the Colored Pencil Hidden Treasures Volume 5 Publication this year (2019). I would like to thank Ann Kullberg who is a great Artist, Author and a Global Colored Pencil ambassador and her team of judges for providing me with this opportunity.

Picture below is the front cover of the book:

CP Hidden Treasures Volume 5

Picture below is the inside spread where you can find my artwork 

Title: The Scarlet Ibis
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored pencils on Canson's Mixed media paper
Inside spread of my artwork

If you would like to purchase this periodical you can get it here: https://annkullberg.com/collections/books-more/products/cp-hidden-treasures-volume-v

Picture below is  the artwork of my Scarlet Ibis painting:

Title: The Scarlet Ibis
Medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored pencils on Canson's Mixed media paper
Reference Photo Credit: Pixabay

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“Creativity takes courage. ”-- Henri Matisse

The Scarlet Ibis --- My Colored pencil artwork

The competition was fierce with a record of 907 entries this year(2019).  

I am honored and happy  to inform you  all that   my  Colored Pencil artwork "The Scarlet Ibis" has been  selected for the Colored Pencil Hidden Treasures Volume 5 Publication this year (2019). I would like to thank Ann Kullberg who is a great Artist, Author and a Global Colored Pencil ambassador and her team of judges for providing me with this opportunity.

This artwork is part of a series of birds that I am currently working on. I apologize for not being active on my blog this past year as I was busy with other projects. But the good news is starting next month, I will post more content, more of my art projects that I was working on this past year and art tutorials. So please stay tuned for more art inspiration. Thank you.

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