Dark Field

Dark Field (work in progress)
30" x 20"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper
www.jphfinearts.net

My plan was for this drawing to be finished by the end of the weekend. Right now, I don't think this drawing will be finished until the end of the week. So this is a temporary post to let people know that I am still alive, and still working.

#Realism #Drawing #Charcoal #Goldleaf #Owl

Golden Wings II

Golden Wings II
20" x 14"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper
www.jphfinearts.net

I've been working on adding more detail to the gold sections of the drawing. I finally found a good paper that adheres more carbon pencil on top of the gold, allowing for greater variation in the value structures in that region.

#Realism #Drawing #Charcoal #Goldleaf #Angelwings

Anastasia

Anastasia
20" x 14"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper
www.jphfinearts.net

A smaller piece, but significantly more detail than I normally try and pull off. Images of Anastasia are from http://anastasiya-landa.deviantart.com/.
‪#‎Realism‬ ‪#‎Drawing‬ ‪#‎Charcoal‬ ‪#‎Goldleaf‬

Dreaming

Dreaming
40" x 24"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper

The largest drawing I've ever done. I'm not sure I can handle anything bigger, this size stretched my patience, I've been working on it for almost 2 months. I plan to make a number of smaller portraits in the next few months to balance my sanity.

#Realism #Drawing #Charcoal #Goldleaf

Jaime

Jaime
20" x 16"
Carbon Pencil and
Pastel on Paper
Commission

Here is a Valentines day commission that I worked on in the last week or so. Happy Valentines day!

Scattered Gold

Scattered Gold
18" x 30"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper

First drawing of 2016! At least I completed something before January was finished. Hopefully I'll produce works at a consistently faster pace this year. Comment if you like it.

#Realism #Drawing #Charcoal #Gold #DontUnderstandHashtags.

Jessica in Gold

Jessica in Gold
20" x 14"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper

Final Drawing of 2015! This time I decided to go with a white background. I'm not convinced that I like the look of white backgrounds, but at least on this one I saved 5 hours of scrubbing in a black background. Happy New Year!

Photo provided by Jessica Truscott: http://faestock.deviantart.com/

Golden Circlet

Golden Circlet
14" x 11"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper

I might try and crank out at least one more picture before the end of 2015. If for some reason that proves too ambitious I'd like to at least end on a good note with another portrait of Madeline. Happy Holidays!

Golden Lemons

Golden Lemons
14" x 20"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper

Another still life with the gold leafing. I currently don't have any portraits / figures planned out at the moment. So I might do a few more still lives while I try and sketch out some new composition ideas.

Golden Strings

Golden Strings
20" x 16"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Watercolor Paper

Golden strings are insanely difficult to create. But the picture turned out okay. Let me know what you think in the comments.