Another small drawing

4x6", Colored pencil on paper

I've been using colored pencils for the first time in years as preparation for the drawing class I'm teaching.

Upcoming Exhibits + New Drawing

Here's a small drawing (6x8") I did as a demo for a drawing class - sketched with watercolors then drawn over with colored pencils. The spring semester is fully under way now so I'm adjusting to the new schedule and some new classes. I'll have more new works in the coming months in preparation for several group shows mostly around Colorado:

Opening Feb. 4
"In the Flat Field"
Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

March 11-April 23
"Feminine Influence"
Working With Artists Flash Gallery, Lakewood, CO

May 6- July 28
"Do It" @ Philip J. Steele Gallery
Rocky Mtn College of Art and Design, Lakewood, CO

May 13- June 25 Opening June 3
"2011 National Contemporary Exhibition"
Grand Junction Art Center, Grand Junction, CO

Slawek Elsner

Slawek Elsner

Windows on the World, Colored Pencil on Paper, 66x43", 2008

270 Kilotons, colour pencil on paper, 64 x 82,5 cm

My country 4, 2007, colour pencil on paper, 100 x 165 cmMy country 4 (detail), 2007, colour pencil on paper, 100 x 165 cm

Slawek Elsner, Raster Gallery, 2007

New Drawing

"Weight of Chance", Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper, 11x15", 2008

higher res here

Media Spotlight Monday : Colored Pencil

Bronlyn Jones
"Deconstructing a Mondrian", 2005
graphite and red colored pencil on Basingwerk paper
Paper: 8 x 6 1/2 inches
(Shown in artist's frame)
Framed: 10 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches
After Mondrian's Oil on Canvas titled #6 Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, 1937-42

Bronlyn Jones
"Deconstructing a Mondrian", 2005
graphite and red colored pencil on Basingwerk paper
Paper: 8 x 6 1/2 inches
(Shown in artist's frame)
Framed: 10 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches
After Mondrian's Oil on Canvas titled #6 Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, 1937-42

Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (colored butterfly white background 6 wings)
2004
Colored pencil on paper.

Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (colored butterfly white background 10 wings)
2004
Colored pencil on paper.

Michelle Oosterbaan
"Ah-Ha"
2006
colored pencil, graphite on paper

60 x 51 ¼ inchesMichelle Oosterbaan

"Cut Out"
2006
Gouache, colored pencil, graphite on paper
78 ½ x 51 inches

In place of "New Media Monday" I will be hosting the re-named "Media Spotlight Monday." I realize that most mediums are not "new" and after last week's questionable "latte art" post I decided to spotlight other mediums that may be better known but not of any lesser value. This week's spotlight is mainly focused on abstraction including colored pencil. Take a look at Bronlyn Jone's site especially - her other work is also minimal - it has a certain elegance to it.