Ball Python Drawing

Last year (2023) I started this ball python drawing for the National Reptile Breeder's Expo in Daytona, Florida. Time got away from me, and it wasn't completed in time for the show. Naturally, it ended up on the back burner, and was almost forgotten about. While organizing my studio, I came across the unfinished work and put aside the other pieces I was making to get this one completed.

I've had a few pet snakes over the years, including a ball python, as well as many other reptiles. With over 7,500 color morphs of ball pythons alone, there's no shortage of art inspiration in them.

Ball Python (Myriad Morphs Collection)
8"x10" colored pencil on illustration board
Available at UseEveryColor.com

God bless,
Bryan Collins

NEW Skateboard Decks Have Arrived

More than a decade ago I began offering my art on skateboard decks in extremely limited quantities, as well as hand painting a few for wall displays. Now, I've partnered with a new company to offer these amazing, 7 ply Canadian maple decks in different sizes, and they're shipping NOW from Studio Collins.

The Gleeful Gator, Python of Paradise, and Dia De Los Muertos decks are 8.5", 8.25", and 8" respectively, and ready to add wheels and grip or hang on your wall. You can pick them up in person at the Riverside Arts Market almost every Saturday in Jacksonville, or at a convention in the southeastern USA. Check my website for event schedule, or order online now at http://www.useeverycolor.com

God bless,
Bryan

The Gleeful Gator finished art

 

The Gleeful Gator is the newest work to come out of Studio Collins. This piece was somewhat experimental, as I used different methods to plan and process the art. The first sketch was drawn much smaller in my sketchbook with a normal #2 pencil. I used a projector to transfer it to an 11x14 canvas, but after spending a couple of hours painting, I put the canvas aside and decided to switch to colored pencil, so I started over with an 11x14 piece of bristol. I spent another hour coloring that, then decided that the juxtaposition would frame better on 11x17, so I started all over with the projector on a new piece of larger bristol and created the final piece you see here.

The sky, water, and bed area below were done in shapes and forms borrowed from my earlier Coffee Girls series, while the flamingo and alligator were colored in ways I've been using more recently. All said and done, The Gleeful Gator has been received very well by you, my collectors, so I plan on creating more animals in similar styles, so if there's a particular animal you'd like to discuss for commission, send an email to bryancollinsart@gmail.com and I'll answer as soon as I can.

The original work is sold, so please consider the print options at useeverycolor.com

God bless,
Bryan