Sound Reflections

I created this drawing with a combination of graphite and colored pencils. 
Here are a few of the stages of the evolution of my drawing, followed by the
completed drawing again - enjoy!

The Kingfisher Bird

I saw a photo of this beautiful Rufous-Backed Kingfisher bird sitting on a branch and had to draw it this week.  This drawing was done in colored pencils.  I added a colorful shadow to its silhouette to add more depth and three diagonal sun rays to build in dimension.  After Tuneful Nectar, my colored pencil drawing of a Humming Bird, I thought of doing another bird drawing as a companion.  I hung up the first one in my daughter's room.  I asked her if she would like to have another picture of a bird and she was excited about the idea, so the Kingfisher will accompany the Humming Bird on the same wall.

Here are a couple of earlier sketches followed by the completed drawing again.

The completed drawing:

Behind The Parasol

I created this drawing with a mix of graphite and colored pencils. I first drew the sketch in pencil and later worked it into a colored drawing.  Here is the evolution of the drawing over several stages of progress, followed by the fiinished drawing, once again.

The completed drawing

Tuneful Nectar

I drew a humming bird with flowers in colored pencils.  I had considered calling it something along the lines of: Humming Bird, but decided to go against the obvious choice.  I then came up with: Tuneful Nectar, instead.  I hope that you enjoy it!

I still prefer shading much better with graphite, as it is much easier to work with and doesn't put up much resistance when I work with layering.  However, I enjoyed the obvious aspect of color and creating in a new medium.

Black and white leaves much more to the imagination in the sense that the viewer can interpret the drawing with more freedom, even though a colorless medium is deceptively non-restricting.  I think that when I have some more time and our family gets settled into our new abode, I will start up painting once again.  Any suggestions on what to create?  If your idea resonates with me, I may take you up on it!