Color Wheel

For this drawing of a color wheel I used cast off husks from cicada nymphs they left hanging to tree trunks.

“Color Wheel”, Color Pencil on paper, 14” x 17”, 2009-09-01

What is brown and sounds like a bell?

Dung. Or a Dung beetle to be precise. I found a dung beetle in my basement, it had crawled out of the ash pit under the fireplace. I have never used the fireplace but the grackles drop all sorts of crap down the chimney including themselves. Beetle Heaven.

This drawing has over twenty hours of work into it, I find color pencil can be very tedious to use but has a look that can be worth it. For me the color study was about texture and the nature of the grid work applied to the background and the beetle.

“Dung Beetle”, Color Pencil on paper, 14” x 17”, 2009-08-18

Aquatic Hobby Horse

I jammed out another in my hobby horse series, this one based on a sea horse shaped hobby horse. The hobby horse itself is a solid royal blue and sits in a play area with other animal themed hobby horses. This one is located in Waite Park in Minneapolis.

“Aquatic Hobby Horse”, Pastel on paper, 22” x 30”, 2009-06-21



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Plaid Dancer

"Plaid Dancer", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-18

Art trading card "Leaf"

I think this is an elm leaf. But I am not an expert.
"Leaf ", colored pencil on card stock, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-04

Psychedelic Muerte

Bringing a little joy to the dead, here is a light colored woodcut print.
"Psychedelic Muerte", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, four color, 2008 Edition of 10 by John Terwilliger

Trusty #8

Here is another in my hobby horse series. I started this one sitting at a slow arts festival. I deliberately put the highlights opposite the shadow.
"Trusty #8", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 9.25"Tx 12.25"W. 2008/08/17 By John Terwilliger

Bulldog

"Bulldog", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24

Undulating Tree

John Terwilliger, "Undulating Tree", Pastel on Rives BFK White paper, 22T"x30W", 2008/02/17

For this drawing I asked a friend to pick out two pastels as the primary colors to use in the drawing. She picked the dark brown and the rust red and this is the result.