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View of Pikes Peak

I am filming every moment of drawing this picture. When I finish it, I will combine all of the videos into one compilation, and speed it up. For now, I am releasing one video of the process per week. I typically condense an hour of footage into two minutes.

Latest Videos

Part 14

Lots of beginning detail on the left side of the picture. Houses, trees, and mountain textures. Filmed 4/15/2024, uploaded 7/2/2024.

Part 13

Short video. Not a lot of changes here.

Older Videos

Part 12

Detailing the lefthand foothills.  Nearly 90 minutes of work condensed into less than 4 minutes. Filmed 4/9/2024, uploaded 6/15/2024.

Part 11

Adding trees and buildings in the middle of the picture using pencil and fine ink.

Part 10

Detailing some of the foothills on the right side. Filmed 4/3/2024, uploaded 6/1/2024.

Part 9

More big progress on the peak and the foothills on the lefthand side. Filmed on 4/2/2024. Uploaded 5/25/2024.

Part 8

Lots of progress on the peak! I used 5h, 9h, 5B, and 7B pencils, and 0.005 and 0.8 Micron ink pens. This is nearly 2 hours of work condensed into about 2 minutes 35 seconds. 

Part 7

In these 50 minutes of work condensed into less than 2 minutes, I started inking buildings and roads.  Most of the changes are near the center of the 3x4 foot drawing. Filmed 11/6/2023. Uploaded 5/11/2024.

Part 6

More ink.  The trees on the right get a touch of attention. The peak gets some new curves. 

Part 5

First ink! Micron pens. 50 minutes condensed to about 2 minutes. Filmed 11/5/2023. Uploaded 4/28/2024.

Part 4

This was my fourth session working on this drawing. I added a little bit of shape to Pulpit Rock in the later half of the video. There's obviously a long way to go! I filmed this on October 26, 2023. Uploaded 4/19/2024.

Part 3

45 minutes condensed into 2. Very little progress. Drawn on 10/17/2023. Uploaded 4/13/2024.

Part 2

57 minutes condensed into 2. Not a lot of progress in this one. Filmed 10/16/2023. Uploaded 4/6/2024.

Initial Sketch

This is the initial sketch on a journey taking a blank piece of 3 by 4 foot paper and turning it into an epic pencil and ink drawing. The video takes 52 minutes of sketching and condenses it down to around 3 minutes. Filmed 10/13/2023. Uploaded 4/6/2024.

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4/8/2024. Adding trees and building to the middle of the picture.

4/3/2024. Darkening of the right side under the peak.

4/2/2024. Lots more ink in the foothills.

4/1/2024. I took a long break from the picture to work on writing novels and illustrating. Lots of detail on the peak now.

11/6/2023. Changes are mostly just left of the center of the picture. More ink.

First Ink on 11/5/2024. About 3.5 hours in.

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First Inspiration for the Drawing

First Inspiration

Detail on Pikes Peak

First Inspiration

I took this photo while trail running at Pulpit Rock in Colorado Springs. I use this picture as a reference a lot.

Southern Side

Detail on Pikes Peak

First Inspiration

Another picture I took from the Pulpit Rock area. I loosely use it as a reference for the left side of my picture.

Detail on Pikes Peak

Detail on Pikes Peak

Detail on Pikes Peak

I snapped this picture from my car, while parked. The shadows and snow make it easy to see the shape of Pikes Peak.

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