Thursday, June 28, 2012

Sheep update

Remember this sheep?  Well, I've been playing with it a bit more, messing around with some new materials and techniques...unfortunately the paper warped pretty badly, but should I decide to mat and frame it that should hold it down fine.

"Sheep," 12" x 9", pastel on paper.

sheep pastel painting drawing artist janine aykens

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Muscovy Duck

I really like how this one came out...do I need to "call an audible" on my State Fair submission?  (I hope I used that phrase correctly...you jocks out there can correct me if necessary...)

"Muscovy Duck," pastel on paper, 12" x 9".

muscovy duck pastel painting drawing artist Janine Aykens

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Swan

Swan in colored pencil, 5" x 7".

swan on one foot winter scene colored pencil artist janine aykens






































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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Zazzle Product Feature + Doodle

One of my Zazzle products, Cat in Shadow and Light Greeting Card was featured in this blog!  Thanks for the publicity!



Also, here's a little critter I doodled at the day job:

mystery critter blue ink biro doodle drawing artist Janine Aykens



Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Sheep

I guess I have barnyard critters on the brain!  Here's a piece I'm messing around with, playing with alternating layers of soft and oil pastel...

sheep drawing soft pastel artist Janine Aykens

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Geese at the Fair

Here it is so far...I think I'll leave out the bars.  I need to leave it alone for a bit, but it's pretty much done.

"Geese at the Fair," 24" x 12", oil pastel.

oil pastel drawing painting caged geese MN State Fair artist Janine Aykens

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Geese at the Fair: WIP

I was hoping to have more progress completed on this piece by now, but I'm fighting a nasty chest cold.  Oh well...here it is, so far.