Working on the Siberian Husky Drawing

The Siberian Husky Drawing as it starts to Take Shape I always like to start with the eyes when drawing, I believe that if you can capture the emtoin in the eyes it will be tranmitted into the drawing.

I sometimes spend a much time on the eyes as I do the drawing howerver with this husky drawing everything just seem to come together from the start.

Willow charcoal and a stiff #2 shading brush and the eyes begin to take shape so now I can start working on the rest of the drawing.

Siberian Husky Drawing

Just finished up work on a commissioned Charcoal Drawing of a husky.  Follow along as the image takes shape. 



Started off with a ruff sketch of the husky



After several ruff sketches I decide that this pose would show the personality of the husky. Working with charcoals I like to keep the drawing as large as posible, this makes adding details to the eyes and face a little easier for me. the End results will be more enjoyable for the customer as well.

I used willow charcoal to sketch out the out line of the Husky.

Using willow charcoal allows me to blend or even remove parts I feel need adjusting with out leaving a trace of the original marks.

I let the ruff sketch of this husky sit on the drawing board for several hours befor I decided that this was the one.
It seemed to capture that look of wonder that I was after. 

Follow along as I continue to work on this drawing.

Recent Art Show and a Little about the artist Russ Smith

The fact remains that in this economy people view art as a luxury item and are very careful and often hesitant when purchasing art. This was very evident at a recent art show which I had the pleasure to attend. The art show was at Shore Lodge in McCall Idaho and featured over 20 local artist.

As I set up for the show anticipation was high as at a resent show I did quite while and was able to share my drawings with quite a few clients.

Recently if you take into consideration travel expenses and booth fees I have been paying people to view my work. However it is just part of the game.

Selling art is an art in its self and the learning curve is great. When I first started selling my drawing it was a point that I had to learn the hard way and still struggle with. However I have found that networking with other artist is a great benefit.

As and artist we try to educate individuals so they
realize that art is an investment  that will last for years and give them the please of display works that they like.
After about two hours I am set up and waiting for the show to start. The Shore Lodge was a beautiful place and atmosphere was wonderful, I do wish that the parking and access was a little more user friendly but I had no control on that.

I posted this to the blog just to let you know that I am real and that I enjoy being able to share my work with you as well as hear your comments be they good or bad i always enjoy the input from you.

A I gather some information and decide on just how I want to develop this blog I thought I would just let you get to know me a little bit. As you can see from my booth I love nature and trying to capture its emotion with my drawings. As mentioned earlier most of my work is done with charcoal although I  recently started experimenting with pastels and colored pencil.

The images below are two of my most recent works The eagle was done using pastels while the humming bird was done with colored pencil.

Bald Eagle

You can view more of my Wildlife-Drawings by clicking on the link.  Animal Drawings

Humming bird

Welcome to the World of Charcoal Drawings

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This is a Blog about Charcoal drawing. I hope to share some of my work and techniques as well as gather input on my work. Charcoal drawings (from my Point of view) is true form of art. You take a piece of paper and a burnt piece of wood and turn it into a true treasure.

Please Join me as I continue on my journey through life and try to capture some of those moments with my charcoal drawings.

More info coming soon.

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