It's finally Finished!!!!

I finally finished my picture! It has been haunting me for over a month now. I stayed up until 3 am last night to finish it and it was worth it. I am so happy and relieved that I am done with it. To be honest I almost didn't think it would ever get done. The whole thing is done in ink using stippling. There isn't one line in the whole picture. Everything was done using dots. That is why it took me so long to finish it. I could only do so much at a time before my hand started hurting from all the dots. I think I might wait awhile before starting another project. That was too brutal, I need some down time. If I had to guess I would say that the whole thing probably took me about 25 hours to do it. Here it is, what do you think?

Old Sketches in Pencil

Today I wanted to share with you my old sketches. I did all of these back in High School. My favorite thing to sketch has got to be animals. I have tried people, I can't draw them as well. Animals are so simple but yet beautiful to me. All these pictures where done in pencil. I love to draw in pencil. In my opinion it is the true foundation of any art. Look at the great artists in history and their famous works. All those masterpieces started off as a sketch done in pencil or some form of graphit. I have probably done over a hundred sketches in my life, here are just a few of my favorites......

Sorry that some of these are a little blurry, I don't know how to scan them into the computer yet. So these are just pictures taken with a camera. Hopeful in the future my husband can hook the scanner up and teach me how to use it. If that happens soon I will scan these pictures in and redo them so they look a little better.

I'm Starting to see dots everywhere

I started this art project about a month ago. I haven't finished it yet, but I am getting close. The reason it is taking me so long is that I am doing the whole thing in ink, and I figured it would look better if I did it using stippling. I can only do a little at a time or I start to go cross eyed. I am almost done. I'm hoping to have it finished by next week. When it is done I will post it for everyone to see. But I am starting to see dots everywhere!!! I guess you can say that I am starting to get frustrated, but I can't stop until it is finished. I hope it looks good. Oh-well, I'm sure it will turn out fine. I do want to show you a few examples of stippling so you have an idea what it is. Enjoy!

The one on the left is by Mark ( I can't find his last name, sorry); and the one on the right is by Miguel Endara. If you click on the picture it will enlarge it so you can see the stippling effect. I admire what these artists have done with these pictures. It takes a lot of patience.