Drawing - Ladybug
May 29th, 2006 - Interesting story with this drawing… My daughters and I were outside playing around and saw some orange eggs on the trees outside. I was pretty sure they were Ladybug eggs, so we carefully cut off a set of them and brought them inside with some leaves that had aphids on them. After a day or two they hatched, started eating the aphids and pupated into adult Ladybugs (Well only 2 survived out of 20 or so, but we tried). So this drawing was to commemorate the lesson we all had of seeing the Ladybugs grow from eggs to adults. I drew the Ladybug, eggs and leaf from a book, but freehanded the larva and aphid.
Analysis -I really liked how the colors came out on this drawing. I was using the color pencils for shading but contrasting dark and light strokes. The large glint of white off the back shell also adds a very realistic pop to the image. Not much to criticize on this drawing… probably because it’s one of my favorites.
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Note - I’ve decided to start posting my drawings to my blog. For a few reasons… To share the art, to stimulate me to draw more, and to keep a record of them all. Click on the small image to get the larger size view. There will be a small flood of posts as I put up all of my back dated drawings, then only as I produce new works. 
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