Family commission

Commission for a nice family for Christmas.  Was a challenge doing 4 at once!

Papa

Papa Wilkins, brought back so many memories of him while doing this portrait. He was probably younger than me now when he had this photo taken and seems strange to be older and drawing him as younger. He and my grandmother Addie raised some wonderful children, my mom included!

Little Miles

Grandmother, grandson (commission)

Did this for someone who had a very special family.   Canson 11x14 pencils.

Curious Jonah

Jonah being curious about a pumpkin!  Canson 11x14 various pencils.

Addie

This is a relative and is quite a bundle of joy and energy! Bristol paper 11x14 pencils.

Sean Connery

Loved his old James Bond character.  Bristol on 11x14, graphite.

Elon Musk

Really admire Elon and am always amazed at his drive and passion to change the world.

Aunt Bee

Had to include Aunt Bee too!

Sheriff car in Mayberry

First time to try drawing a car, was much harder than I thought!

Gomer Pyle

Really am enjoying drawing the cast of the Mayberry gang.  Gomer was a favorite of mine and he played the role so well.

Opie Taylor

Since I did Andy and Barney , had to do Opie too!

Indiana Jones

Loved working on this portrait from one of my favorite movies and movie characters!

Barney Fife

Since I drew Andy I just had to draw Barney too!  They go together.  Will hang them on the wall side by side!

Christmas Present

Did a surprise Christmas gift for a friend of her son.  Very smart little boy!

Andy Griffith

Loved this show as a kid growing up and all it represented to me.   Would love to have those kind of days back again.

Horse and Rider commission

Got a commission to draw one of our leaders at the company I work for competing with her horse.  11x14 charcoal and pencil.

JFK in color pencil

First time to try color pencils and really found more difficult than I thought.  Very little erasing ability and also take many layers to build up color.  Found that I have to start light and darken instead of going dark first.

Tribute to a dear friend

Lost a dear friend that I had breakfast with for over 10 years.  Decided to memorialize him with what skills I have.

Horse of course

First time drawing a horse, came out pretty good I think.  Lots of nice comments from http://wetcanvas.com in the Wildlife and Animals forums.

Einstein

Love reading about this guy, so smart,  I wonder if he was one of us.

Steve Jobs

Had fun drawing Steve Jobs tonight.  Odds are you are probably viewing his picture on a device he is responsible for.

Neil Armstrong

One of my heroes growing up, Neil Armstrong was my subject this time. I often wondered what it must have been like just knowing that of all humans who have ever lived on this earth to be the first human to step onto another round ball in the sky that countless millions of people have stared up at in wonder. First of only a dozen humans ever to experience that. I hated to see his passing so I thought I'd honor him in picture. This was one of the harder ones I've done because of the nature of the suit. His expression can be seen as pure fear or just utter amazement. I like to think amazement.

Dog portrait

Did a dog portrait for someone that won a raffle.  Had fun doing this,  the dog has such a calm look on his face.

Daniel Craig

Love the Bond movies and what Daniel has brought to the character.  Enjoyed this quick study of him.

Paul Newman

Enjoyed Paul's work in film and racing.

President Reagan in profile

Love doing the profile type portraits, less to keep up with!   This was a very dark reference so I had to push around the values and contrast.

George Bailey

Favorite character of mine!

President Franklin D Roosevelt

Took on FDR today!

President Eisenhower

I did not know that he was the president that started NASA and DARPA.  I had always thought Kennedy.

President Roosevelt (Teddy)

Love drawing these presidents,  this one before my time, but cool mustache.

President George W Bush

Chose a picture that reflected the stress and hard times of his time as president.

President Johnson LBJ

Enjoy this time period in American history!

Fred Smith founder of FedEx

Did portrait of the founder of FedEx where I have worked for 31 years.

President Reagan pencil portrait

Tried to find a pose that was not so common of him.

President Nixon pencil portrait

Captured Nixon before his Watergate scandal.  Seems much happier.

Bill Clinton pencil portrait

Continuing my presidential theme.

President Kennedy in profile

Another president.  Just on a roll.  I enjoy doing these quick pencil sketches.

Abraham Lincoln pencil portrait

With all the election madness I decided to do a portrait of a real president!

Cloudscape

Got back into painting with oil after self portrait.  This is a work in progress but it's pretty close now.

Self Portrait

Decided to try another self portrait in oil this time.   16x20 on canvas.  Used my facebook profile as reference pic!

Pencil portrait of President Reagan!  My favorite President.

Commission in Pencil

Commission portrait in time for Christmas!

JFK pencil

Used to love this era and all the excitement of the new space program and the new age.  Decided to do a pencil of Kennedy.

The Selfie

Decided to try a self portrait, first time in a long time.