Waterscapes

 “Canyon Creek – Low Water Trickle”

This piece took longer than I anticipated (approx 6 weeks @ 4 hrs/day) but I think I managed to get the sensation of the rocks under water.

Title: Canyon Creek – Low Water Trickle Size: 16″x22″
Paper: 140lb Cotton cold pressed Opus Watermedia
Pencils: Polychromos, Luminance, Derwent Coloured Pencils
Reference: My photo

“Canyon Creek – November Ice”

Close to 50 hours of actual drawing and maybe, another 40 looking at it and visualizing what needed to happen before going back in to add more.

Title: Canyon Creek – November Ice
Size: 11″x14″
Paper: 140lb Cotton cold pressed Opus Watermedia
Coloured Pencils
Reference: My photo reference from a photo shoot at Canyon Creek in the Bulkley Valley.
Original available.

Coloured Pencil Drawing  
“Turbulent Serenity”

Subject: Bulkley River Flowing around rocky outcropping at the Suskwa forestry road bridge.

Title: ‘Turbulent Serenity’
Paper: Drual-Lar .005 two-sided matte film
Size: 9″x12″
Pencils: Prismacolor & Staedtler Karat
Reference: My photo
Original Available

Coloured Pencil Drawing “Troubled Bridge” 

Subject: A precarious hand made footbridge over a narrow creek becomes slippery with falls first snow.

Title: ‘Troubled Bridge over Calm Water’
Paper: Drual-Lar .005 two-sided matte film
Size: 9″x12″
Pencils: Derwent Studio & Drawing, Prismacolor & Staedtler Karat
Reference: My photo
Original Available