this is a quick time-lapse of how I add color to my 8x10" drawings that are first rendered in pen and ink. Once the textures and values are fully rendered in pen and ink (Pigma Micron Technical pen .005 size), I then add color with pastel pencils, burnish the pastels into the surface of the paper (which pretty much obliterates the ink drawing) and finally come back with a kneaded rubber eraser to remove excess pastel and re-expose the ink drawing underneath.

Maggie Malone was a Video Journalism major that had taken my art class when she was a freshman at Baylor. She contacted me a couple of years later and asked if she could interview me about following my passion. This video is the result of her senior project. I think she did a great job!

For this weeks {254} I am joined by Rebekah Hagman, owner of Waco’s very own art gallery. We are also joined by Greg Lewallen, one of her featured...