Happy October!

Today is my Dad's 70th birthday, seems so hard to believe.   He is by far the most important man in my life and my hero.    I posted below a picture I did for him as a gift.  I wanted to do something special for him and not the usual new shirt and black licorice combo :o)  He was my guinea pig, its his baby picture.   The original picture was in sepia tones.   This is the first time that I have done color without actually following the tones from a picture and I also experimented using watercolor and India ink.   Still not completely comfortable with that so its mainly the background.   I can still safely say its 90% or more is color pencil.   But I do like how it helped me with adding some depth to the picture.   I think I will really like it more when it comes to animals.   We should soon find out, as I am getting ready to start another picture.    Been at a delay because my computer crashed, but my new one arrived yesterday and I am ready to draw.   

I hope everyone is doing well!

Kelli