Sketchbook. Feedback is Welcome.

[Pamela Fraley]

This was so hard! A friend asked me to try a watercolor portrait of her kids. I agreed of course, because I'm crazy and it's just that far outside of my comfort zone and I want to learn. Anyway, many hours / days later and a few tears and fits of frustration... my husband told me I needed to be done because I was getting nit picky and he thought it looked good. Here it is.
Thankfully my friend loves it and is coming to collect it from my house today so I can stop driving myself crazy looking at it.

[Pamela Fraley]

Just a little pencil narwhal I did for fun.

[drawingmelee]

I love your artwork

[MOO]

@Pamela-Fraley I love your sketches..like an illustrated diary Very cool.

[Pamela Fraley]

Saturday sketch -

[Pamela Fraley]

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen thank you! ️

[Pamela Fraley]

@drawingmelee thank you!! ️

[Pamela Fraley]

Luna Lovegood ~ This one popped into my head the other day. Just imagining her walking into the great hall with her lion hat. I sketched it out and then did an experiment - painted with watercolor and gouache on yupo paper. Very weird but fun. The paper is actually waterproof so instead of absorbing the paint, the water evaporates and leaves the paint on the surface. Anyone ever tried this before?

[Pamela Fraley]

Here's a little illustration that popped into my head today. Obviously, it isn't perfect, but I'm happy with the general composition. Still trying to find a way to work on lighting.

[Chip Valecek]

@pamela-fraley amazing work!

[evilrobot]

@pamela-fraley beautiful work. Love this last one.

[Pamela Fraley]

@evilrobot thank you!

[Pamela Fraley]

@chip-valecek thank you!!

[MOO]

@pamela-fraley It's beautiful.

[MOO]

@pamela-fraley All of your work looks good to me.

[Pamela Fraley]

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen you're so sweet. Thank you! We always see so many more flaws in our own things. ️

[RHirsch]

@pamela-fraley Love this one!

[Pamela Fraley]

Just a couple newer pieces. I actually really like how the reading girl turned out - even though she was just a quick little draw.

[Doha]

I like this post! I was going through your older work. You have some really nice pieces here. I especially like the dark forest and the girl with the necktie. They show a complex and mature palette.
Btw. I like you line "... Oh and I have allergies." Lol
Good luck with your daily sketches, your kids and allergies.

[Pamela Fraley]

Just a couple more recent pencil sketches. I keep my Instagram updated, but I sometimes forget about my sketchbook here. These are just based on Pinterest photos. I really liked the portrait sketching class and I’ve done a lot of practice pieces since then.