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About My Art:
Each one of my drawings starts with a light framework to guide my pencil details.
For every sketch, I always start by creating a light framework (“gesture sketch”) using a non-photo blue pencil before drawing over it with graphite pencil. This helps me to keep track of my details and place major features of the subject.
I work in watercolors, colored pencil, and digital media.
Most of my artwork is done with mixed media – layering watercolors from light to dark to capture the main blocks of color, then adding colored pencil highlights on top. I also work in digital media using Adobe Fresco. To the right is an Acorn Woodpecker painted with watercolors.
I create commissioned wildlife art projects for clients involved in conservation and public education
A lot of my commissioned work is done for nonprofits whose mission involves conservation, science or public education. To the left is a Black Vulture design that I created for premiere raptor research center Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (https://www.hawkmountain.org/) in 2025.
I Use a Nature Journal to Draw Birds From Life
View my process for capturing birds in the field using simple sketching techniques and a nature journal:
All images are original watercolor paintings © 2024 Jack Hobe. The images on this website may not be reproduced or distributed for any reason without express permission from the artist.