Calzephyr's Gallery

Flaxen Chestnut Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:49:14 -0000

The last in a series of nine - this one is a flaxen chestnut. Whew! I'm glad to be finished - using textured paper was a real mistake for something so intricate.

Medium: Colored pencil
Tags: horses Horse brown day arabian outdoors standing full-length profile arab nobody chestnut

Jack Quaker by Calzephyr

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:25:02 -0000

Jack is a Quaker parrot owned by my husband's stepfather. He had two or three homes before coming to live with Heinz. He isn't tame, but is vocal and quite a character. Unfortunately Jack was somewhat abused - newspapers and anything long and thin scare him. He has so much intelligence in him! I took a portrait of him, but due to lack of light, it came out grainy. I painted over it in Corel Painter and am quite pleased with the effect. I ended up taking two tries at it - and merging the two versions as the first one was a little more painterly.

Medium: Digital
Tags: bird parrot one birds portrait pet quaker profile headshot pets nobody parrots quakers

Chestnut Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:55:34 -0000

I'm regretting using textured paper with this one...somehow this one didn't come out as well as the others. A stray mark I couldn't erase made this one more of a stallion than the previous ones :-)

Medium: colored pencil, panpastel
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White Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:46:29 -0000

Technically there is no such thing as a pure white horse, so he's more of a light gray really. #7 in a series of 9.

Medium: colored pencil, Panpastel
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Dapple Gray Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:57:53 -0000

Here's #6 of a 9 part series. Even though some of the dapples came out large, I think he is my second favourite of the bunch.

Medium: colored pencil
Tags: horses one clouds day outdoors standing cliffs full-length gray nobody Majestic arabians

Fleabit Gray Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:44:09 -0000

I think his delicate fleabit (brown flecks on gray) got a little lost, plus he is a little dark. This is #5 in a 9 part series, stay tuned!

Medium: panpastels, colored pencil
Tags: horses Horse one day arabian outdoors standing full-length gray profile arab nobody views arabians

Gray Arabian Stallion ACEO by Calzephyr

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:58:04 -0000

My 9 piece ACEO series continues on! This is #4.

Medium: PanPastels and pencil crayons
Tags: horses Horse day arabian stallion outdoors gray profile nobody views arabs

Bit of Parrotdise ACEOs by Calzephyr

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:30:05 -0000

This ended up more like a sketch than a finished piece, but it's a future colour ACEO project. It features a cockatoo, three macaws, an African gray, two budgies, a cockatiel and two lovebirds, which didn't come out very lovebirdy! I have to go back to the drawing board on this one and improve the sense of scale between all the birds.

Medium: pen and ink
Tags: bird ACEO parrot birds parrots variety

Laughing Cockatoo ACEO by Calzephyr

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:55:46 -0000

What's so funny? Only he knows! This cockatoo was to be part of a series of parrots, but I decided to single him out because I liked him the best. He is cut by me, by hand, from lignen free, acid free cardstock. This was my first picture cutting with the Fiskars Fingertip Control Cutter, which is basically an x-acto blade on a ring. I love it, although I can't do the inner cuts as fine as I would like.

Medium: paper
Tags: pink black funny birds cockatoo laughing profile nobody silhouette views cockatoos

Party Parrot by Calzephyr

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:02:05 -0000

Party Parrot says "A-parrot-ly it's your birthday!" 8x10" colored pencil and PanPastels

Medium: colored pencil, PanPastels
Tags: bird red happy birds birthday holding party scarlet headshots hats macaw nobody balloons macaws birthdays announcements

Outrunning the Storm by Calzephyr

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:49:03 -0000

It seemed natural that my first stab at using PanPastels would be with an ACEO. This horse has a little acrylic and pencil crayon in him though!

Medium: pastel
Tags: horses Horse running clouds day galloping outdoors outdoors gray fields nobody storms prairies

Mr. Badger's Burrow by Calzephyr

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:50:02 -0000

My husband posed for this picture, shovel and all, in our kitchen back in spring. I had a great idea - wouldn't it be funny to have an animal well known for burrowing, like the badger, using a shovel? This is the little story I made up for him: "With babies on their way, the old burrow would be far too small. Mr. Badger scouted far and wide until he found the perfect spot on a grassy hillock, just underneath a large tree. Digging a burrow large enough for two adults and wee ones was not an easy feat though, as Mr. Badger brushes his brow. Despite getting all covered in dirt and dust, his effort will be well worth it." He is a North American badger. I changed his facial markings slightly as I thought the natural markings would make him too mean. I also had to adjust the proportions - my husband is sufficiently round for a badger, but too tall!

Medium: PanPastels and Colored Pencil
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Blood Bay Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:53:41 -0000

I wonder if I will regret using toothy paper...it just seems that the scanner makes him look more crunchy than he really is...if horses are actually crunch I guess ;-)

Medium: pastels, pencil crayons
Tags: horses one clouds day outdoors standing cliffs full-length bay nobody Majestic arabians

Bay Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:56:32 -0000

So this is my ACEO project - one pose, nine colours. PanPastels and pencil crayon.

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Tags: horses black one clouds day outdoors standing cliffs full-length nobody Majestic arabians

Black Arabian ACEO by Calzephyr

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:00:15 -0000

Just a sneak peek of an ACEO project I'm working on that involves horses. Who woulda guessed? PanPastels and pencil crayon.

Medium: pastels, pencil crayons
Tags: horses black one clouds day outdoors standing cliffs full-length nobody Majestic arabians

Rearing Unicorn ACEO by Calzephyr

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:33:14 -0000

I love paper craft. Originally this was going to be a triptych, but I couldn't think of a scene involving three unicorns.

Medium: paper
Tags: unicorn purple white one fantasy paper craft outdoors nobody unicorns rearing

Lazy Grazer by Calzephyr

Tue, 20 May 2008 02:10:18 -0000

If this looks familiar...it was because I liked the pose for Fisher so much, that I wanted to do a tobiano as well. It just took longer to get him done! I also made some corrections to this one that I wasn't happy with in the other one.

Medium: colored pencil, chalk pastel
Tags: horses Horse summer day outdoors standing profile lazy nobody tobiano views grazing pinto

Wild And Free ACEO by Calzephyr

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:44:49 -0000

A colour, pint-sized orginal of the original black and white :-) It's for sale on Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11892532

Medium: colored pencil
Tags: horses Horse running day freedom galloping outdoors fields nobody

Fisher by Calzephyr

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:04:25 -0000

For March's Equine Art Exchange, I picked Risawn's character Fisher. 6x8" pastel and pencil crayon.

Medium: chalk pastel, pencil crayons
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Just for Fun by Calzephyr

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:39:11 -0000

Every now and then I take a stab at digital painting and I'm not sure if I have any future in it. I've had this sketch around forever and decided to colour it recently while recovering from sedation dentistry. The background is from a photo I took at Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta.

Medium: digital
Tags: butterflies happy day prancing pony outdoors calzephyr fields ponies carefree