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Category Archives: Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing series

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Pencil drawings: Super Mario and R2-D2

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenAugust 29, 2017Leave a comment

Super Mario and R2-D2 Still life scene in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series No real super heroes in this one, although you can make an argument for Super Mario. This still life drawing also included R2-D2 and Daisy Duck. About this series:  This summer has been a return to my love for…

Pencil drawings: Wolverine and Yoshi

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenAugust 22, 2017Leave a comment

Wolverine of X-Men and Yoshi from Super Mario Still life scene in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series This still life scene drawing featured Wolverine and Yoshi. I know you are sensing a theme here. I love my comic book heroes. It also features my wife’s cool chameleon tape dispenser. About this series: …

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Pencil drawings: Belinda Ivey Colored Pencil Portrait

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenAugust 10, 2017Leave a comment

Belinda Ivey Colored Pencil Portrait Portrait in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series Today is my beautiful wife’s birthday so I am posting my 18 x 24 inch grid drawing of her. I decided to do this portrait of my wife using colored pencils. Happy Birthday! About this series:  This summer has been…

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Pencil drawings: Belinda Ivey Portrait

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenAugust 8, 2017Leave a comment

Belinda Ivey Portrait Portrait in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series For this drawing exercise, I decided to take a break from comic book heroes and draw a portrait of my wife. About this series:  This summer has been a return to my love for pencil drawing. We set up an art boot…

Pencil drawings: T-Rex Toy

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenAugust 1, 2017Leave a comment

T-Rex Toy Drawing Still life scene in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series We decided throw a dinosaur toy in the mix and draw a T-Rex from my son’s toy box. My niece Bryanna participated in this drawing as well as all of the others, but on this one she did so well…

Pencil drawings: Grumpy Cat & Hello Kitty

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenJuly 25, 2017Leave a comment

Grumpy cat and Hello Kitty Still life scene in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series This cat-dominated still life scene drawing featured Grumpy Cat (a graduation gift given to my wife after receiving her Masters degree from SCAD #soproud), Hello Kitty and other random objects. About this series:  This summer has been a…

Pencil drawings: Marvel’s Spider-Man

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenJuly 18, 2017Leave a comment

Marvel’s Spider-Man Still life scene in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series A Marvel super hero was dominant in this still life drawing with Spiderman as the featured toy. Also making an appearance was Mickey Mouse and Bowser from Super Mario. About this series:  This summer has been a return to my love…

Pencil drawings: Wooden figure

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenJuly 13, 2017Leave a comment

The Dabbing Wooden figure Still life scene in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series My son actually set this scene up for us. It featured a wooden mannequin figure in a dabbing pose. About this series:  This summer has been a return to my love for pencil drawing. We set up an art…

Pencil drawings: Simple Shapes & Shading

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenJuly 11, 2017Leave a comment

Simple Shapes First still life scene in the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series Our first still life scene drawing featured simple shapes, which included a sphere, cube, cone. About this series:  This summer has been a return to my love for pencil drawing. We set up an art boot camp of sorts at…

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Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings

Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawing seriesBy KarstenJuly 8, 2017Leave a comment

My inspiration for the “Back to my Roots: Pencil Drawings” series This summer has been a return to my love for pencil drawing. We set up an art boot camp of sorts at my creative agency, KarBel Multimedia, for our high school interns to teach drawing techniques that would help them improve. We set up…

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