Colorful Drawings
by D Fox
Let me introduce you to D Fox from South Carolina and his nice colorful
gallery. All his drawings are made on a dark natural paper which is a
perfect background for creating a great color contrast.
I love the idea of two parrots sitting on a tree, for instance. The
vivid green and bright red color of parrot’s feathers perfectly contrast
with the dark background.
I really want you to look at these subtle details with colors because
they are too important not to be noticed. D Fox gave us a perfect
example that choosing a colored paper can sometimes be a great choice.
Thank you for this cool idea!
It is OK sometimes to choose a colored paper for your drawing. Most of
us automatically draw on white paper, which is correct because the black
graphite creates absolute clarity of pencil strokes on the white paper.
This is especially important if you are beginner or just practicing
drawing.
Let’s observe the bird’s white heads on another drawing which are also
perfectly shining on the black background. I would say, using dark
background may require a little experience in drawing and may not be
perfectly suitable for a total beginner, but I encourage you to try it
anyway.
On a white paper you naturally draw the dark strokes and create outlines
of the image, while on black paper the dark background is set, and you
draw only the brighter parts leaving the dark parts almost untouched.
This may not be so easy as it sounds.
It is just a theory, so far, and we need to try everything to see how it
really works. It is OK to mess it up, so go ahead and mess it up a
couple of times because that’s the way you learn best. By your own
experience, by your own mistakes, by your own try and error approach.
I have to say again; D Fox gave us a perfect example that drawing on dark background paper is cool idea and you can try it too.
Look at the “Owl Drawing”. It is a very good example how to gradually fill up with color the entire surface of the dark paper.
On colored paper (dark or brighter) you work mainly with color pencils,
crayons or other medium, etc. You can, of course, outline the contours
using graphite pencil, but if the paper is black, the graphite pencil
strokes will be difficult to see and follow.
Go ahead and give it a try, get yourself a colored paper and draw
something. If you feel uncertain, start to draw a snowman or a spruce
covered with snow, something similar you see below. By drawing a snowman
on a black paper you cannot make a lot of mistakes.
Have a fun and make as many mistakes as possible. You will get better in a very short time.
Enjoy These Colored Drawings by D Fox
First Yorkie
Black paper pastel artist
First birds
56 years old drawing for as long as I can remember retired now spending a lot of time drawing like pastels and nature
Visitors Personal Gallery Pages
Please see and enjoy the following collection of personal galleries. We all believe you will have a lot of fun. Observing other’s art work is always, always very inspirational. You may get some new ideas for your own drawings.
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Theme Based Visitors Galleries
The following Theme Based Galleries are a collection of selected drawings from various authors based on a certain theme. I would like you to get as much inspiration as possible for your own drawings.
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Imaginary art: waterfall at sunset
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Ballpoint pens art. As am depicting sunset which is at the back of the water, then the whiteness of the waterfall should have been darker. But as it was
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I and my destiny
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I and my destiny...
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Imaginary art: depicting light with ballpens
Sep 27, 20 02:46 AM
I think generally speaking its more difficult to show light with ballpens, compared with mediums like watercolor, acrylic or oil, especially when the art
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Imaginary art: sunset and sea
Sep 27, 20 02:38 AM
A small imaginary art with ballpoint pens and where you can see the sea, some trees and sunset, in my way.
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Imaginary art completed
Sep 27, 20 01:42 AM
So here is the completed imaginary art with coloured ballpens. I want to let the front yellowish soil as it is. Also no great details on the water. Direct
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Girl with a flower
Sep 27, 20 01:33 AM
Done with Copic markers on paper.
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Love
Sep 27, 20 01:30 AM
Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mom and a daughter....
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Some lady
Sep 26, 20 09:38 AM
I like to practice a lot so I followed a introduction video from Farjana Drawing Academy on YouTube. I made this drawing with my own touch and more shadow.
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Imaginary art: a cave
Sep 25, 20 01:23 AM
Imaginary art depicting the inside of a cave. Ballpen Nataraj 0.7mm. So there are two holes where light is penetrating. And on the left below, its lighter
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Imaginary art: lustful eyes, surrealistic art
Sep 24, 20 12:28 AM
With a pen of 0.7mm, its a small surrealistic art entitled lustful eyes.I like this genre of art even though I don't do it everyday.
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Imaginary art: outskirts of old mansion
Sep 24, 20 12:25 AM
With a ballpen of 0.7mm. It ressembles a bit the place in an indian horror film of Ramsay Brothers where a vampire was living. A creepy and isolated
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me
Sep 22, 20 10:33 PM
My self Hirva Patel, 9 years old
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Me in mask for corona protection
Sep 22, 20 10:24 PM
My self Hirva Patel, 9 years old
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Imaginary art in progress: beauty of trees
Sep 22, 20 10:22 PM
So here is an imaginary art in progress. Ballpoint pens, it shows clearly that this medium is also good for depicting naturalistic art and not just oil
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Imaginary art: the sea at sunset
Sep 22, 20 10:20 PM
Ballpoint pens art. So in the left we have a huge oil tanker. A rough sea which is not suitable for swimming but for fishermen.