Mark Graham
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I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Coming back after the Holidays
The holidays the chance to spend with family and friends to be sure. But when you work as a freelancer at this time of year it's hard to think about work and I proved it for I am way behind in my reading and writing. Even though I have been jotting down writing ideas from time to time and sharing a few of my Christmas colorings I have been lax in my daily work. This may sound like a New Year's resolution, but it isn't for I do not make these things anymore and haven't for years but here goes I am going to start catching up on my reading and writing and my color art starting in a few days right after January 1.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Critique
Martini's
Just a note all of these Christmas movie illustrations were created by Valentin Ramon in his book 'The Unofficial Christmas Movie Coloring Book.' I believe most everyone should know that "Martini's" is the bar where George Bailey's friend owned. I used colored pencils using shades of blue for sky and snowflakes, gray for car with red brake lights, green for the pine tree, brown for the walls and fence, and black for the trim of the building and steps and sidewalk.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Art
Route 66
boots (my own) These two illustrations are in a new adult coloring book entitled 'The Route 66 Coloring book'. The black and white drawings were drawn by other artists I just colored them with my favorite medium colored pencils using in the boots drawing-orange, yellow, red and black, brown and tan. In the main illustration it's a drawing of one view of Route 66 traveling down the road. I used shades of blue for the sky, shaded together black and gray for the road as well as greens for the trees and in the fore front I used orange and red for I made the little area like a flower patch on one side and light green on the other side. Again, I used colored pencil for this one as well.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Art
Nature art
I found an adult coloring book that held art drawings from Bob Ross. Here is my rendition of one of a mountain stream using crayons of blues, greens, gray and brown and some black. I wanted to share the feeling of cold water in the stream and waterfall with that shade of blue. I hope I succeeded.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Art
Christmas art
If you have seen the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life' you have heard this quote many times. Every year I watch this movie and hear JuJu, George Bailey's youngest child, say this line for it brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. This is another Christmas picture that I used crayon with reds, greens, and gold for the main picture red for the berries and ribbon and gold for the bell and wings and green for the holly leaves and the wreath. I used brown and black for the border that I think is a wall and black for the words of the quote.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Art
