colored pencils

colored pencils by barrybooneApril 7, 2017

Lion

Xerxes at Woodland Park Zoo, colored pencil on drawing film

colored pencils by barrybooneDecember 15, 2016December 15, 2016

Coltsfoot Poster, colored pencil on Dura-Lar film, pen and ink, Adobe Illustrator I spent some time this past quarter volunteering to draw a couple of illustrations for an update to Flora of the Pacific Northwest, a comprehensive book originally published at the University of Washington in the 1970’s. One of the drawings was of Coltsfoot […]

colored pencils by barrybooneDecember 12, 2016

Grasshopper Poster

The Grasshopper’s Leap, colored pencil on Dura-Lar film, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Animate This is the poster I made for my class project from my previous grasshopper drawings. I wanted to focus on how the grasshopper jumps, because they have a secret: they have a spring in their legs! They can jump 20 times their length, which for […]

colored pencils by barrybooneNovember 14, 2016

Grasshopper

Grasshopper, Colored pencils on Dura-lar film This week’s class assignment is to draw an insect. Our teacher handed out bugs in class encased in acrylic. I had a cool red-spotted bug but chose to draw a grasshopper I had (also in acrylic) because of a follow-up project I’d like to do with it. The drawing measures […]

colored pencils by barrybooneSeptember 17, 2016September 17, 2016

Nicotiana

Nicotiana, pen & ink, colored pencils It may be fall, but flowers are still blooming here in our backyard in Seattle.

colored pencils by barrybooneMay 12, 2016

Dahlia

Dahlia, colored pencils on watercolor paper.

colored pencils by barrybooneMay 7, 2016May 7, 2016

Snapdragons

Snapdragons, Uni-ball pen, watercolor, colored pencils, graphite, Photoshop.

colored pencils by barrybooneApril 30, 2016April 30, 2016

Sunflower

Sunflower, watercolor and colored pencils on watercolor paper, cleaned up in Photoshop.

colored pencils by barrybooneApril 19, 2016April 27, 2016

Fir Branch

Fir Branch, graphite and colored pencils on watercolor paper, Uni-ball pen, Photoshop polish. I clipped this end of a fir branch from one of our trees on Orcas Island.

colored pencils by barrybooneApril 15, 2016

Spent Daffodils

Spent Daffodils, graphite and colored pencils on watercolor paper, Photoshop. It’s almost the end of daffodil season. Our family planted dozens of daffodil bulbs on our hillside on Orcas Island a few years ago, and last year my wife planted dozens and dozens more. Now in the spring the fields are dotted with bright yellow, and […]