Shades of Green

When you think of green, what's the first shade of green that comes to your mind? Here are a few shades of green to use when creating your own art. Each of these shades has its own unique touch of green.

Forest Green

Grass Green

Olive Green

Lime Green

Orange Flowers

These delicate orange flowers were created with black ink & colored pencils. I used line strokes to create the branches and basic shapes to draw the flowers and leaves.

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Drawing Lesson (House)

Here's a simple way to draw a house using basic shapes. Begin by drawing a rectangle. Next, draw a triangle that fits on top of the rectangle. This will be the roof of the house. Draw a small vertical rectangle from the bottom of the larger rectangle. This will be the door. Add a couple of squares above the door. Add one square to the left and one to the right. These will be the windows. Add your own elements to complete the house.

3 Pumpkins

It's almost the fall season. Leaves will turn colors & pumpkins will begin to grow. This art was created for a greeting card. I used colored pencils & black ink. The card's left blank on the inside to write your own personal message.

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The Cylinder Technique

Here's a fun way to draw a cylinder. Take a soda can & place it under a good light source. Start with sketching the sides of the can. Then draw the top & bottom curvatures of the can. This will be the basic sketch of a cylinder. Notice how the shadow from the light source falls on the soda can. Sketch the shadow. Your cylinder drawing's now complete. Continue adding details, shading, & your choice of colors.

Art Travels to Africa

I got a real cool opportunity to send a package of stickers & my art cards to kids in Uganda. The founders of Aggie's Arts took the package to the kids in the city. It was a pleasure to see the smiles in this video. Just a small gift can bring so much happiness. I wanted to share this with you. I personally want to thank the founders for giving me this opportunity.

Finish Line

Here's another cartoon I drew with black ink. I used bold lines to draw this line art. This turtle's ready to cross the finish line and win the race against the rabbit.

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