The Art of Shawna Apps
This piece has been a long time coming! My thoughts behind that is two-fold: first, I’ve wanted to draw the Hogwarts castle for a really, really long time. And second, this drawing has been on my shelf as a commission for a YEAR. Now I HATE making anyone wait for anything, especially an entire year. But […]
Waaay back in April of this year, our church held it’s annual short term missions auction. I entered a gift certificate for an 8 x 10 unframed drawing again, and anxiously awaited it to sell so I could start planning a new drawing. This year was a little different; normally, the certificate will sell, and […]
This piece has been a labor of love. It has been one of the most taxing, most detailed, and time consuming pieces I’ve ever had the pleasure of working on. But even with all the difficulties, it has also been one of my favorite pieces. I love the subject matter and just seeing all the […]
***This post originally published on January 1, 2015*** Here’s a piece from a couple years ago… Title: The Well Size: I think it’s 11″ x 14″ Medium: Graphite on paper When: Between April and June of 2012 Time to complete: I don’t remember; probably between 10 and 15 hours Purpose: My friend Sarah won the drawing certificate that year in our […]
The past couple of weeks have been awesome! I’ve been really busy working on a few great projects, and thought I’d share some pictures in progress: Project #1: Epic I’m not sure what this piece will be called yet, but we’ve been referring to it as “Epic”, so that might just stay as the title […]
This week’s Q&A topic is on commissions! How do commissions work? Do I need a photograph of what the finished drawing will look like, or can I just use an idea and come up with something? The answer is yes to both! I have done many drawings where I have been given a photograph and […]
For this part of the series, I’m combining a couple different questions into one big post. I love that people are interested in where I think the business is going, and what my plans are for the upcoming year and even beyond that! Did you make any resolutions for the business? What are your plans […]
Here he is! Title: Milo Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 8″ x 10″ When: End of May, early June 2014 Purpose: Commission by Missey Ewell for her husband, Gordy, as a Father’s Day gift Time to complete: Off and on for about a week; the drawing probably only took 5-6 hours! History: At this year’s short term mission’s auction […]
Here’s this week’s Throwback Thursday piece! Title: Untitled (The Prinzi House) Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 11″ x 14″ When: Late summer/early fall 2013 Purpose: Commissioned by the Shermans Time to complete: Actual drawing time was 2 weeks; there was a lot of planning and waiting before I could start drawing. History: This was commissioned by some friends of ours […]
Here’s my first piece finished under the Back to the Drawing Board name! Woo hoo! Medium: Graphite pencil on paper Size: 8″ x 10″; framed with a mat to be 11″ x 14″ Purpose: Commissioned by the Sobles Time to complete: Approximately 10-12 hours over a two week period. History: Every year our church has an auction […]
Back to the Drawing Board 