Rodney Eaton Color Pencil

A Better Picture

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:44:00 +0000

I just wanted to share with you. I finally got a better photo with the help of a good

friend Karman Fairless. He's an amazing air brush artist and deserves a heart felt

"Thank You" from me.

The Tower Of Knowledge Finished

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:45:00 +0000

Climb The Tower Of Knowledge

"Don't read because have to, read because you love to."

Hi everybody,

I hope you are doing well. This one is finished and don't ask me how many books, because

I quit counting after about 100. To recap the finished size is 18" x 14"on Canson Black

drawing board. This one was a challenge but I'm happy with the finished piece. So, I'll call

this done. Now on to my next project!

QUICK POST

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:05:00 +0000

Hi everybody,
I hope your having a great week.
I'm going to do a quick one tonight, because this is the only thing I've worked since
my last post. I guess you haven't noticed. I love to read and try read as much as possible.
So, I thought about a tower of books with some steps made out of books, So you have
a way to get to the top. I think that's why I'm always doing pieces with books in them.
I know it's a little over the top but I like to challenge myself. Anyway back to the piece,
a few more books and I'll finish this with some type of a background.
I have an idea, something not to detailed, I want the focus on the foreground and we'll
call this one done. Hopefully by the next post.

I thought it would be fun to show you a close-up, so you can see the pencil

work. Multiple layers of colors and some burnishing techniques, but more on the

layering. I mostly start with a medium tone and the work in the lights and darks.

Here's a little trick, If you sharpen your pencil real sharp, it will cover a darker color

pretty well. A little scumbling in the smoke of the candle.

So, there you have it a quickie post. See you later.

Color Pencil Techniques Revisited

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:40:00 +0000

Hi everybody,

I hope you all had a good week.

I thought it would be fun to revisit some techniques use and what they are called,

so when I reference them you'll know what I'm talking about.

The first is layering, this is good for filling large areas. Very simple straight lines the

more layers the deeper the color. You can change directions for a cross hatching affect.

A light touch for a soft look and adding other colors for an optical mix. The more you

layer the different effect you can achieve.

The next is Burnishing, this is the technique I use the most. You start by laying down

a color of middle tone, then you use a lighter color, most of the time I use white. Some

people use the colorless blender pencil, but use to using a lighter color.

The white will lighten the color, then you use your first color on top of the white.

Each time you push the pigment into the drawing surface. Keep repeating the two steps

until you get a desired color. I've sometimes used as much as 10-12 layers until I get the

color and affect I'm looking for. You can also use a different color to burnish, but it will

change your first color. The example I used a blue then burnished with a yellow. As you can

see, it changed the color to a green. This technique for me is the work horse of the

3 basic techniques.

The last is scumbling, another simple technique, all it is, is laying down color in small

circular motion. Same as layering, the heavier the color the more intense the color.

This technique is good for soft effects and showing images at distance like landscapes.

We'll these are just a few techniques I use. I hope you enjoyed it. There a lot more

techniques out their to explore and I'll work showing these in future posts.

I also wanted to share my progress on the latest project. I really happy with the

peace. I'm using a lot of the techniques I talk about. Mostly layering and burnishing these

techniques I use the most. The more I work on this black drawing board, the I like it.

I'll definitely will be purchasing more of this product. The pencils work well on this,

and since its like illustration board it holds up to all layers and burnishing. If you don't

know what illustration board is. Illustration board has a papered surface, but it's thicker

like a cardboard. I always try to mention what surface I'm working on, so if anybody is

interested in trying a certain product.

I thinks thats all for tonight. Until next time See Ya!

New Project

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:37:00 +0000

Hi, everybody
I hope life is treating you good.
I wanted to share my latest project. This one is going to be a lot of work, but I'm having fun
with it. I'm trying a different board I found at the craft store. This is a 16" x 20" Canson
Black drawing board, I marked off an inch border around the edge, so my finished piece
will be 14" x 18". I'm enjoying this product the more I work with it the pencils lay down nice
and smooth. The color of course really pop and it was reasonably priced. I'm using the
usual Prismacolor premier pencils, and the same techniques of layering. I'll try to play with the camera next time and get a better shot and maybe a closer look, so you can see
the pencils blending.

Time for tips and techniques,
today I wanted to share the different Prismacolor products. 1st is the Art Stix; they come
in 48 colors, in stick pastel shape, it's the Prismacolor pencil without the wood casing, so
it's good for filling in large areas. 2nd is the Verthin; comes in 40 colors, it has a harder,
thinner core, so you can sharpen to an extreme fine point, good for intricate, detailed work.
3rd is the Premier Prismacolor; comes in 120 colors, need I say more, they also have a
cheaper version for beginners called the Scholar Set. 4th is Prismacolor Watercolors;
these come in 36 colors, it has a water-soluble core that can be used wet or dry.
All four work well blending, on the left of scribbles I blended a white premier into each of
the different products. I also wanted to show that all four colors match True Blue in one
product is the same in all of them. I have used different pencils on one piece.
So thats the world of Prismacolor and some of their products.

It's getting late and I've got a piece to finish and remember to keep drawing.

Hunger Games Finished

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:13:00 +0000

I finished this one last night.
The finished size is 9" x 12" on Canson artist paper. I'll give it a day or two and see if it
needs some small touches here and there. Other than that, I call this one done. Seeing the
movie and reading the books inspired me to do this portrait. I'm ready to work on some
more portraits, but first I have my next project ready to transfer to paper. I'll post more so
you can see my progress.

Well thats all for now, enjoy the weekend.

Tips & Tricks

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:59:00 +0000

   Hi everybody,
hope you're having a good week. I'm doing great, one more day to the weekend.

   I thought it would be fun to share some tips & tricks this evening. I'm a couple of hours
into my latest portrait and I think it's going well. The first tip is photo reference, especially
if your doing celebrities or people in general, you want them to look like the person.
As long as you get; the eyes, nose and mouth right, everything else will fall into place.
I'm constantly referring to the photos to get it just right. I also leave my tracing, that I used
to transfer the image taped to the paper, so I can check and make sure that everything
is were it should be.
   Tip number two, keep a scrap piece of the paper I'm working on, so I can check and see
if a certain color will work. Later I'll use it as shield when I lay my arm across the image.
The oils from your skin will slightly smear the image.

   A quick little trick I learned back in college, is to flip your drawing upside down. Why you
say, it's so you will look at the shapes instead of the overall image. And trust me, If
something is off, you'll see it. I also flip my illustrations and work on them upside down.

Well, there you go some tips & tricks.
I'll promise to keep posting as long as you keep drawing.
Goodnight everybody!

2 New Projects

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:28:00 +0000

   Hi everybody, hope you all are doing well.
I have 2 projects in the works, that I would like to share. The first is this picture I've been
working on for a couple of weeks. It's still in the rough stages but I think it's ready for a nice
tight tracing and then it will be ready to transfer to paper. I have a nice dark charcoal Grey
paper that I'm going to use. Like I said I've been playing with image for the last couple of weeks. I thought it would be cool to have a tower of books with the actual steps made out
the books. I know this one is going to take a while to finish but I think it's a good start.
I'm still debating on if I'm going to do this as a horizontal picture and more books on each
end, or do a vertical crop it the way you see here. I'm still thinking about that but I'm happy
with what I've got so far.
   Any way, as I've explained on my previous post; I start out with a rough drawing like the
one you see here, then I do a nice tight tracing to work out the kinks on tracing paper and
finally transfer the image to illustration board or artist paper.

   The next project is a portrait I thought would be fun. I recently read the first book of
"The Hunger Games" trilogy. My lovely wife Connie wanted to see the movie and as
usual we thought it help to read the book first. It really enjoyed both, so I thought it would
be cool to do a portrait.

   I thought it would be fun to do the love triangle between the main character and the two
male characters she's torn between. I've already transferred the images to my paper. It's
a medium dark Green artist paper. I left the tracings taped to the paper so you can see the
images. I couldn't get a decent shot of the transferred images. I use a white carbon transfer
paper on dark papers and boards and a dark carbon paper on lighter surfaces. Carbon
paper is getting harder to find but some craft and fabric stores still sell it. The main focus
will be naturally on the characters, the background will be subtle. I was thinking of the
forest for the background, since most of the story happens in the woods. The bottom right
corner I'm still debating on what it put there. Maybe a number 12 for the district that they
are from in the story.

   Anyway, thats it, I've rambled on long enough
I've got to get to penciling, and as usual I'll post my progress on these and other projects.
So, keep drawing!

Color Pencil Comparison #2

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:44:00 +0000

    Hi everybody,
Trying to get back into a blog groove. So, I thought I would do a quick one just to get back
into the swing of things. A few months back I did a comparison of other color pencils
products. Last time I did my comparison, I did it on a colored paper, and it didn't go so
well. I got to thinking I should try another comparison on a white surface.

   The Derwent Colorsoft are a good starter pencil. The colors are bright and smooth.
Blending is OK a little bit on the light side, so it would take some work to get a lot of fill in.
Not a bad pencil for the price.

   Next is the Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor this pencil has a oil base, the other pencils have a
wax base. Bright colors, very good blending, and the colors mix pretty well. Rembrandt's
are hard to find in stores and they are quite pricey. I would like to try these on a illustration,
I'll have to purchase a set because I only have a partial set.

   Faber-Castell got a bad rap last time, on the white surface they worked pretty good.
The colors laid down nice and bright. Blending is good, the only problem I had was, I went
to wipe the excess off with a tissue and it smeared bad, so don't do that, unless you are
going for a smeared look. Still for the price they're not bad.

   Finally of course I had to show off the Prismacolor Premiers.

   It's getting late, gotta go. Coming soon is fun with watercolor pencils and of course more
illustrations and sketches and demos and maybe what other crazy things I can come up
with. So, keep drawing!

Scholar vs Premier

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:46:00 +0000

Happy Holidays!
I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving.

I thought it would be fun to compare Prismaccolor Scholar and the Prismacolor Premier
pencils. The Scholar set is Prismacolor's less expensive version that is geared for students
and beginners. The Scholar come in 48 colors and relatively inexpensive, about 10 to 12
dollars for a set of 12. The Premier are around 20 dollars for a set of 12. The Premier come
in 132 colors and have the color names on the side of the pencil, so if you need a certain
color, like Indigo Blue or Tuscan Red. They are also marked with a color number.
The Scholar only have a number on them. So if you need a certain color you'll need a color chart. I couldn't tell much of a difference in the way they preform. The Premier have a softer
lead, so they're smoother and blend a little easier. Both have nice bright vibrant colors, I
would suggest to a person just starting out that the Scholar is way to go. I myself am
sold on the Premier for their blending and wide range of colors, but I still have not found
use for the metallic colors.

This one is finished, I'm really happy with the turnout. Correction the finished size

is 12" x 14", I think on a previous post I had the wrong size. I used a brown piece of

Strathmore art paper and the usual prismacolor pencils. I had a lot fun working with this

gang and can't wait to see more of their misadventures.

Change of Plans

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:28:00 +0000

Hi,
everybody sorry it took so long to post. Sometimes life gets in the way, I'm doing great,
if your wondering were I've been, my son started marching band season for Alton
Marching 100. This has been keeping the family busy.

Anyway I decided to change gears. My last post I started an illustration, don't worry
I'll be back on that one shortly. A few weeks ago I posted this picture on a prismacolor
pencil forum, and another person asked if this is a drawing. I thought that would make a
cool illustration, after giving it some time. I figured in stead of doing a still life why not
throw a little fantasy into it.

When I came up with the concept, it pretty much took off. I started working on this idea
and as I was drawing this one another idea popped in my head and another and another.
It's so much fun when something sparks an idea and flood gates open. All I wanted to
do was show this goofy pencil rack I made. This first picture is going good I'm already
about 1/3 threw it. I'm going to call this one "Helping Hands". It reminds me of the story
of the shoe maker thats overwhelmed with so much work, and these elves come in and
help him while he's gone. This is what I like to think is happening while I'm at work.

The final piece will be 12"x 24" on Brown Strathmore Artist Paper. It's going great and
as usual I'll post the finished piece. I'm pretty much using the same techniques as
previous works. It's crazy how something so simply an idea.

New Project

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:46:00 +0000

Hi everybody, I hope all is well.
I'm ready for a new project, for some time I've wanted to redo some old pieces that I did
years ago. I like both pieces as is, but I thought it would be fun to join them into a more
exciting illustration. I'm going to use cave scene and add the characters in the picture on
the right. I guess I should name these guys, since they show up in other pictures I've done.
I'll make sure to put names to faces by the end of this project. Who knows the might even
end up in a story.

Like always, I start out with a tracing of the subjects and they are ready to transfer to

my paper. I'm using a Canson black artist paper for my surface. I'm going to do this

illustration like the wizard with the owl. To refresh your memory, I will transfers the subjects with white carbon paper and I'll freehand the foreground and background in with a light

color pencil. I really enjoyed doing it this way, it keeps the scene from looking to stiff.

I also would like to share with you a rare glimpse of one of my scribbles. I normally don't show these to people, because part of my creative process that I don't share with people. I do a lot of these scribbles, because I have to get the darn pictures out of my head. Most of them I file away in a folder and use them for later projects.

This scribble is just a loose idea, it helps in the design and placement. That's what

makes creating fun is you can always change it or leave it.

Well, I've got work to do See Ya!

Childhood Hero #2 finished

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:59:00 +0000

This one is 99.99% percent done.

I think the background needs to be a hair darker, but other than that it's done. I like to get

away from the almost finished piece, and take one last look to see if it needs to be

tweaked. I had a lot of fun with this and it makes me want to do more. What's next,

maybe something to do with music, or maybe a movie, and there is always friends and family. The possibilities are endless. So, many projects and not enough time to work on them.

I would like to thank all people that check my blog. THANKS!!!

Childhood Hero #2 step 3

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:08:00 +0000

Hi everybody, I hope all is well.

As you can see, I'm almost finished with the characters. Batman is pretty much done,

maybe a few finishing touches, same for batgirl. Robin still has some shadowing and

detailing left. I like to get away from sections and then come back to them later. If I spend

to much time, I have a tendency to over work it. So, I like to jump around. Anyway, I'm

happy with the progress. Most of the techniques I've used is Burnishing and Layering,

which are the work horses of prismacolors. Layering is the trick to making things realistic.

I started laying in the high lights on the batmobile and I feel confident that it's going to be cool. I also did that so you can see it. My transfer lines were starting to fade. Just this little section and of course the background and we can call this one done.

Well, it's getting late. As show use to say "Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel"

Good Night.

Childhood Hero #2 step 2

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:02:00 +0000

Hi everybody,
I hope your having a wonderful 4 of July. The piece is coming along great. I'm almost
finished with the caped crusader, But I needed to work on the overlapping characters to
make sure I wouldn't interfere with them. I'm a little nervous about doing the car. I've never done a detailed car before, so I'm working my way done to it. The colors are looking bright on the grey paper. I also enlarged Batman's chest piece, because if I went with the actual size it looked funny. I think it pulls the design together a little better. I found the sound affects from the show that I'm going to use on the background (picture below). The colors will be bright, but I'm going to keep them soft so not to take away from the main focus of the piece.

Well, that's all for now. SEE YA!

Childhood Hero #2

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:59:00 +0000

Hi, everybody sorry it took so long to post.
This is my latest in the hero series, Batman has been a favorite for a long time. I started
with comics, cartoons, and as you can guess the TV show. I remember taking time after school to watch the show. I know it was corny but it still cool, and it had one of the coolest
cars on the planet. I thought about doing an illustration of all the different looks Batman
had in the comics, but that's a later piece. Same as always, I've transferred the image to strathmore series 400 color grey. I'm kinda stuck on this paper, because I like it so much. The pencils work great, colors pop, and its easy on the wallet. The only problem is the art store were I buy this only has the grey and I would like to try other colors. Anyway back to
the picture I've transferred the images and I taped the tracings back so you can see the design. I'll post as I get the characters done or almost finished. The background I'm still debating on what to do. I thought about doing the sound effects that would pop on the
screen on the tv show.
Well got to go, remember draw, create and have fun.

Smoke Screen Finished

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:32:00 +0000

OK,

So, I bought a couple of different types of colored pencil sets, just to see what's out there,

and I thought it would be fun to compare them. #1 is of course is Prismacolor with White,

True Blue and Indigo Blue. #2 is Faber-Castell with White, Light Blue and Dark Blue. #3

is Derwent ColourSoft with White, Blue and Indigo. I used a scrap piece of the Strathmore

for this little test. The Prismacolor (#1) covered well and stayed vibrant. The colors mix well

together. Faber-Castell (#2) I wasn't impressed at all. The color is way to soft and the

colors didn't mix at all. I'll have to try a different surface, maybe something white. I had

read some articles on this product and thought it would work better. Derwent (#3) covered well and colors are vibrant. The colors didn't blend well, it feels more like a charcoal pencil. Maybe playing with them more will help. Also I think the colors are limited. So, no a scale

of 1-10, I give Prismacolor a 9, Faber-Castell a 2 and Derwent a 6.

This is my first test so will keep you posted on further tests.

Hello everybody,

This one is done! I didn't spend a lot of time on this, maybe a couple of hours.

Most of the detail is on the character in the middle, and I wanted to keep the rest of it

simple. I forgot I had a piece of Strathmore 400 series artist paper. The pencils work well

on this paper, you can work soft or heavy for more vibrant colors. The paper is very durable so you can really work it and it will hold up. I'll have to pick up some more of this product

for future projects. I forgot how well the pencils work on this paper. As far as the subject,

I wanted keep this piece simple, sometimes simple works best.

Smoke Screen Started

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:49:00 +0000

Hello everybody,
I was working on some pieces for the next "Art Happens" and instead of spending a lot
of time on the next hero series. I came across this drawing I did years ago and never used
it for anything. After a couple days of sketching some ideas a picture popped into my head of this character standing on a lonely path creating with is magic a smoke screen.
Like always, I transfered the image to a grey art paper "Strathmore 400 Series".

I cropped the picture since I don't have the background done yet. This one I finished
the character first and adding the foreground and background at the same time. A couple
of hours and this one will be done.

Next Art Happens

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:42:00 +0000

Our next Art Happens is on May 21, 10 am - 4 pm, hope to see you.

My Childhood Heroes Finished

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:57:00 +0000

Hi, everybody

This one is done, the photo came out a little lighter than the original. I really enjoy doing

old black and white photos. It's a nice change from doing color. The French Gray colors

give it a brown tone to the grays. Now that this one is finished I have to decide what I'm

going to do next. I have a few loose ideas that I'll post later.

I promised on a previous post to show the different grays that prismacolor offers.

The French Gray on top has almost a brown tone to it. The Cool Gray in the middle

has more Blue. I also noticed that the scanner didn't pick up the lighter of the gray, it

looks like it drops off at about the 20% tone. The bottom color is Warm Gray which is

a little darker than the Cool Gary.

All three colors come in 10%, 20%, 30% etc. up to 90%. So, you can put a lot of depth

to your art. White and Black work well with these color to.

My Childhood Heroes #2

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:26:00 +0000

   Hi everybody,
I hope all is well, I'm doing great.

   This is what I've done so far, The hard part is almost done, All I need to do is darken
the faces and a little more and same for the hair. Then I'll finish the background.
This will go fast, because I'm going to keep it loose. I have about 6 hours into it and
probably another 2 to finish. I'm using the layering technique I've posted before, working
from light to dark. I'm really digging the board I'm working on, at first I thought it would be
to smooth, but their is just enough tooth for the pencil to grab. If you have too smooth of
a surface the color has a tendency to push around and it's hard to mix colors.
So, I have to give Karman another "shout out" for turning me on to this material.
The only down fall is it's white and you use a lot of pencil, especially the dark areas.

   The next in the series will probably be related to music, the rest is a secret.
Thanks everyone for checking out my blog and see you soon.

My Childhood Heroes #1

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:59:00 +0000

   Hi, everybody I hope all is well.
I'm ready to start a new piece of art. This is the first in my childhood heroes series
and of course this is a picture of my mom & dad on their wedding night. I had never
seen this picture before and when I saw it I had to do it. I know it's a cop out but I love
parents so much. Thinking back I always didn't see eye to eye with them all the time
but they were always there for me and my brothers. All my friends thought my dad was
the coolest, because he was the only dad that would come out and play ball with us.
Mom she was the one who encouraged me to pursue my drawing and art. I'm happy
to say that after 51 years they are still married. Anyway, I'm preparing to transfer my
image to board. The board I'm using is this texture foam board that my buddy Karman
gave me some pieces to play around with.
The board is little smoother than I'm use to, so I did some test on
a piece of scrap. The colors look good there is just enough tooth and the board has
a nice firm surface. Mostly I think I'm going to do a lot of layering and very little
burnishing. The colors I'll be using are all tones of French Grey from 10% to 90% and a
little White and very little Black. This will give it an old photograph look almost like a
sepia tone. Prismacolor has 3 ranges of Grey; Cool Grey, Warm Grey and French Grey.
The French Grey has what looks like a brown tone to it. I've used these before if you look
the portrait gallery of the Man sitting on the porch with the baby in his arms. That one
was done with the same colors. I'll post a demo of the 3 different grey prismacolors.

  WOW! I've rambled on for to long got to get to work.
See Ya!

  Check out Karman's art, at his web site karmanart.com

Color Pencil Techniques

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:52:00 +0000

Hi, everyone

I just wanted to show some techniques used and what they are called, so when I

reference them you'll know what I'm talking about.

The first is layering, this is good for filling large areas. Very simple straight lines the

more layers the deeper the color. You can change directions for a cross hatching affect.

A light touch for a soft look and adding other colors for an optical mix. I mostly

use layering for backgrounds.

The next is Burnishing, this is the technique I use the most. You start by laying down a

color, then you use a lighter (mostly white) or a colorless blender pencil. The white will lighten the color, then you use your first color on top of the white. Each time you push the

pigment into the drawing surface. Keep repeating the two steps until you

get a desired color.

I've sometimes used as much as 10-12 layers until I got the color and look

I was looking for.

You can also use a different color to burnish, but it will change your first color. The example

I used a blue then burnished with a yellow. As you can see, it changed the color to a green.

This technique for me is the work horse of the 3 basic techniques.

The last is scumbling, sorry on my last post I spelled it wrong. Another simple technique,

all it is, is laying down color in small circular motion. Same as layering, the heavier the color

the more intense the color. I use this technique for textures like trees and bushes.

We'll these are just a few techniques I use. I hope you enjoyed it.

Goodnight everybody.

The Lost Potion finished

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:06:00 +0000

   The Last Potion - finished size 12" x 16" price $300.00
I would like to thank everybody that visited my Blog and I hope you keep coming back. I'm
looking forward to my next project and very soon info on my color pencil classes.
Anyway back to this picture. I didn't keep track of time. I'm thinking close to 20 hours from start to finish.Thats the reason, I like color pencil so much is that I can stop, then start up
at a later date right were I left off. The techniques; I used vary from a burnishing, layering
and squibling. I'll post a demo showing these techniques at later date. Again, thanks to
everyone that took the time to visit.

   The next project is going to be a series I've always wanted to do is my childhood heroes.
I will do some portrait style similar to the X-files portrait in the gallery. The first one is going
to be a style I've done before that will be tones of gray, like an old photograph.
Until next time Goodnight.

   I just wanted to say Love and enjoy life. Hug your family and friends and tell them
that you LOVE! them.

My work space

noreply@blogger.com (Rodney Eaton) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:48:00 +0000

I just wanted to share a couple of pictures of my work space. My own little slice of
heaven in the corner of the basement.

This pencil rack is of my own creation. The cardboard tubes came from the trash and
I had my father-in-law make these simple boxes. This helps me keep organized on what colors I may be getting low on.