Sharing My Artwork

I'm an amateur artist that primarily enjoys drawing for the sake of drawing. I usually just plant my art back in my covered portfolio. I've gone through the expense of framing a few but that gets expensive real quick. So, I thought I'd share these digital photos I took of my work before I folded it away.

My 2 favorite mediums are pencil and pen and ink. I prefer a lot of detail and I think they are the best for achieving that. Love pencil - having the ability to erase. Pen and ink work that I do I usually just jump in and begin. No sketching or planning. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

I've been feeling real home here on Hub pages lately. I can think of so many topics I'd like to write about but for this Hub I thought I'd just share my hobby. If you could leave a comment it would really be appreciated.

I think drawing people is the biggest challenge but also the most interesting. Living in the southwest has exposed me to some beautiful Native American artwork. My hubby and I found an old book at a used book store that had some nice quality photographs of Native Americans and that's what I based this picture on.

This was done with pencil. I really tried for realism with showing the sunlight as it highlighted certain areas of the face. I just found a hub by a talented color pencil wildlife artist who gives explicit instruction on how to draw feathers. Very informative and a lesson I plan on going back and studying.

I am a fan of vampires and witches and related topics. At least in regard to art. I started this with vampires in mind - but ended up adding elfin ears - just cause I could. She has a sword in her hand and big ass spider to her right. I just made it up as I went along. I really can't say what she is now...it's one of the best things about drawing fantasy figures - their features are entirely up to you and your imagination. There's no rules.

I did it in pencil and added some red ink to the spider so it wouldn't get lost in the background.

More of the darker art subjects - although I have 2 friends that collect skulls and one even has a skull tattooed on her back. So, I'm not alone. I sketched this design in pencil from a cover of a incense holder I have. I bought it because I admired the design on the cover. I thought it would make a good tattoo design. The flames are pretty popular along with skulls.

Yes, as you can see I love fantasy artwork. Realistic looking artwork is my favorite and I read self help art books to improve on technique. I didn't go to school for art but I do enjoy learning from books that practice the techniques I admire.

I'm more comfortable drawing females - I think they're more interesting subjects. Add some wings and elfin ears and you have a fairy.

Dragons - my favorite fantasy creature. I've had a thing for dragons for over thirty years now. What other creature besides the unicorn best represents fantasy? Even though unicorns are pretty distinct in their visual depiction, a dragon can be drawn with more discretion left up to the one doing the drawing. Green dragons, red ones, horned, not horned, - dragons come in all shapes and sizes.

It's rare - but every once in awhile I draw a real subject - A topic not related to fantasy and whimsy. When I was a kid, my Mom would say - why can't you do a nice landscape? She would never hang up any of my "regular stuff". So once in awhile - I'll do something normal. Here's my hanging plant with over sized moth along with a picture I did for a friend who is a fellow dog lover..

It's true what they say - just because you're artistic doesn't mean you can tattoo. I learned from a professional who happened to be a friend of mine - but only worked on friends and family. Don't really do any of this type of work anymore but here's some shots of my pieces. These were all done on family and friends.