Hello Friends,
Well, here we are in November coming up to Thanksgiving. Wow! Fall is definitely here with lots of rain and (burrrr!) colder weather. I finally put my long quilted coat on the other day with my warm fuzzy boots. I am so looking forward to sharing time with my family and friends during the holidays. Pumpkin pie and heavy cream is the best!!
I have been on a new learning curve with a new medium. I ordered a set of 20 pan pastels from Amazon along with the “sofft” tools (yes, that’s how they spell it). They are plastic handled spatulas with different shaped heads with little soft sponge-like pieces that fit onto the head of each tool. There are also different sizes of small and medium sponges that can be used independently for larger areas of your drawing. The pastels come in beautiful brilliant colors along with a special plastic carrier for each pan pastel color. I am so excited to try these pan pastels mixed with my colored pencils. In addition, I am learning how to create reels that I can post on my Facebook to show you how I create my drawings.
Here is a new drawing of a lion’s head that I recently finished. I found and fell in love with the photo and just had to draw this magnificent creature. The original drawing is 15″ X 11″. This Image Gallery shows some of the steps taken in the drawing process. I used Artistico Watercolor extra white 100% cotton hot press satine paper for my drawing.
My next drawing will be on a reel on Facebook. Please come and join me.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Terrie D
I just submitted my 
Here is the final Jaguar drawing. He was a real challenge but I kept working on him even when I thought I was done at one point. One of the skill improvements in drawing is pushing yourself past your comfort zone and then realizing how much better your drawing can actually turn out.
I am now working on to my second large cat drawing, a beautiful Jaguar. When it is completed I will add him to our