Solid Gold Sketchbook

Solid Gold Sketchbook

Here’s some of the art I’ve been working on lately.  I’m actually a little embarrassed to admit that up until now, I’ve just been working with crappy Crayola colored pencils for my drawings.  But, I got some new art supplies that I’m really excited about.  I now have a set of 60 Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils and a set of 60 Faber-Castell watercolor pencils, in the spirit of trying something new (trying new art media was part of my New Year’s resolution, after all!).  So here are a couple recent drawings I made.  The first is a sakura short-tailed ryukin that I drew with the Polychromos pencils.  I drew this one intending to list it for sale on my Etsy store, but I’ve already become a little attached to it… so I may have to make some prints to sell.  The second is a close-up of Monocle, my one-eyed butterfly telescope, that I made using the watercolor pencils.  This drawing had a blue wash background that just looked really bad, so I ended up cutting out the fish and pasting him over a clean sheet of white paper.  Much better!  If you’ve seen any of my goldfish art before, you’ll know that I love me a nice plain white background.  I’ve also included a little peek into my sketchbook.  From left to right the sketches are; Luca, Haunt, and a few different angles on a celestial eyed goldfish.  I used my Yujin gashapon as a reference.

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Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and polychromos pencils

Sakura short-tailed Ryukin
Monocle – my one-eyed butterfly telescope
A peek into my sketchbook!

8 Comments

  • Ricky Dillard Posted February 20, 2023 7:05 am

    Very nice. They really bring out the depth of color better than Crayola…, I don’t think I’ve used Polychromos, but I used to love Oil Pastels. Have fun drawing!

  • Ocean Truth Posted February 20, 2023 1:03 pm

    Very beautiful artwork! I’m glad the New Year’s resolution has not been forgotten. 🙂 The closeup portrait of Monocle is really amazing. He really comes off the page and his face is just incredibly detailed. He may be missing an eye, but he makes a great subject for artwork I’d say.

  • Goldie Girl Posted February 20, 2023 8:37 pm

    These pictures look amazing.I especially love the one of Monocle.Cutting it out added to the effect, it looks like he is swimming right at you. I wish I had talent like this.Thanks for sharing yours!

  • Amanda Lee Posted February 27, 2023 6:56 am

    Aren’t polychromos awesome? You’ve got such lovely drawings and colors!

  • Evan Woyshner Posted March 10, 2023 11:23 am

    You really are a great artist. You should make prints of some of those and put them on etsy

  • Jennie Posted March 18, 2023 1:28 am

    Thanks Evan, I am planning to!

  • Jennie Posted March 18, 2023 1:30 am

    Nope, not forgotten!I haven’t had time to draw as much I wanted to, but I’m trying to squeeze it in whenever I get the chance.:)

  • Gotta Love Cichlids Posted November 13, 2023 3:24 am

    Hi! I was wondering what paper you use for your drawings. I really really love your goldies drawings!!!!!

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