I have done a lot of sketching and drawings with various pencils. In 1981 I did a book on pencil drawing for Watson Guptill publications which contained a great variety of my pencil work, some shown below.
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A drawing of the Boulevard St. Germain in Paris, it's a simple sketch using only flat tones done on a textured paper.
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CRISTINA
A portrait sketch of one of our friends in Paris, also done on a textured paper. There are a great variety of papers available, it's interesting to try the different surfaces.
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A very tight rendering done using a Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Negro pencil. This Paris scene was drawn using a photograph as reference.
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MONA
Another quick sketch of one of our friends in Paris. Color was added by using washes of watercolor, a nice fresh technique to explore.
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Certain colored pencil brands like Stabilo and Prismalo are water soluble. Here is an example of a drawing done with water soluble pencils, after finishing the drawing I washed clear water over some areas, blending them and dissolving certain tones, a great technique to explore.
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Here is the book in which contained these and many other drawings. If you are interested, you can still find used copies at Amazon.com and other internet book stores.