# Orca’s At Play in colored pencil

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954>\
**Category:** Share Your Art\
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954 "2020-07-14T03:16:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Logan787](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/logan787/32/46_2.png) [@Logan787](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Logan787)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/1 "2020-07-14T03:16:01Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/1X/b5e5982afa173423dd46f27ff8941b5f41d8153a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![tgp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tgp/32/701_2.png) [@tgp](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tgp)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/2 "2020-07-14T12:34:18Z")

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Beautiful logan!

I LOVE the way you have isolated the whales and there is an almost marker like quality to the picture- no visible pencils strokes or anything.

out of curiosity, how big is this picture?

I would say perhaps you can even fill in a little more of it- though its certainly is striking and awesome as it is.

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**Author:** ![jodygoldman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/jodygoldman/32/797_2.png) [@jodygoldman](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/jodygoldman)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/3 "2020-07-14T17:33:04Z")

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Love it. Will you be keeping it this size or cropping it to minimize the amount of blank space at the bottom? Perhaps more of a square picture as opposed to rectangular.  
The pencil work is beautiful and the tummy shadows really accent the roundness. I have only just begun working with colored pencils and this (IMHO) is a great example of how versatile this medium is. Beautiful and thank you for sharing. I enjoy seeing the work of other artists.

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**Author:** ![Logan787](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/logan787/32/46_2.png) [@Logan787](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Logan787)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/4 "2020-07-14T21:42:16Z")

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No, I plan on keep the bottom space blank. Thank you for your compliments. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Logan787](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/logan787/32/46_2.png) [@Logan787](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Logan787)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/5 "2020-07-14T21:44:02Z")

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The paper size is 14X17. Thank you for your kind remarks. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Genie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/genie/32/592_2.png) [@Genie](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Genie)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/6 "2020-07-18T03:56:43Z")

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I thought it was drawn with ink or a marker until I read it–you do exceptional work with colored pencils. Killer whales are beautiful and you captured that beauty.

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**Author:** ![Cojax73](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/cojax73/32/589_2.png) [@Cojax73](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Cojax73)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/7 "2020-07-20T16:27:54Z")

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Excellent work! This would look great on anyone’s wall. Keep up the good work!  
Jack

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**Author:** ![Lizwetmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@Lizwetmore](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lizwetmore)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/orca-s-at-play-in-colored-pencil/954/8 "2021-05-11T16:24:40Z")

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I love this! The water splashes look really good. How long did it take you to do? I am new to colored pencils and was wondering how long this took.  
Liz