charcoal, 4″ x 6″

graphite pencil, 4″ x 6″

I need to use this kind of funny looking mane in a more involved portrait of a foal. Not sure yet what it will be, but it deserves to be depicted in full detail.

Also, it pays to check what sort of lead is there in the mechanical pencil BEFORE you start drawing. That saves a lot of effort when you get to the darks. I forgot that soft over hard doesn’t quite work if you are looking for even darks, so had to continue with HB. Still wondering how it got into my pencil in the first place.

pastel pencil, 4″ x 6″

charcoal, 6″ x 4″

pen and ink, 4″ x 6″

colored pencil, 4″ x 6″

charcoal, 6″ x 4″

I rarely miss the ocean and its chilling breezes, but today was certainly the day. Too much driving in a car that resembled a hot oven, too much walking and sitting in the sun for my liking. Lots of art activity is good indeed, I just wish the weather didn’t decide early in the morning to suddenly compensate for a cool summer.

pen and ink, 4″ x 6″

pastel pencil, 6″ x 4″

pastel pencil, 6″ x 4″