Hoffman Creative Media

09/27/2022

Sweet memory of time visiting my mom.

08/11/2018

I'm very excited and humbled to announce that I had one of my colored pencil drawings juried into the Colored Pencil Society's 2018 International Exhibition and win one of only 14 awards! The annual CPSA convention was held at the Hyatt in Chicago where it will hang in a local gallery until September. Here are details on the drawings I entered and time-lapse videos of the drawings as I did them:

http://www.georgehoffman.com/2018/08/07/abstract-cruciform-12-and-14-colored-pencil-powder-blender-drawings-for-2018-cpsa-international-show/ .

UPDATE! My “Abstract Cruciform #14” was juried into the prestigious Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) International Show in Chicago. I was one of only 14 artists recognized with …

04/02/2018

Here is a speed video of an abstract colored pencil drawing I just completed for the 2018 Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) International Contest. This is the second Cruciform Abstract I've done with 100% Colored Pencils on Uart 800 Sanded Paper. The first won 3d place in the 2017 Uart Paper Company annual colored pencil contest and Honorable Mention in the Johns Creek Art Center Spring Colors exhibit. They are fun to do! This three minute speed video represents about 6 hours of drawing time done an hour or so at a time after a large cup of coffee!

This 100% Colored Pencil Cruciform Abstract is was a way for me to experiment with all my colored pencils and how they react on Uart 800 Sanded Paper. I used...

03/16/2018

Here's a photo restoration I completed some time ago for my friend Russell's wife Celine. I just realized I hadn't published the YouTube video of it on my Facebook site. https://youtu.be/071BM7l1jlQ

A previous version had audio problems which have been fixed. It provides a pretty detailed explanation of Photoshop's tools to restore a severely damaged photo.

(Audio Fixed on This Version!) This is a photo restoration I did for a long time friend of mine done in Adobe Photoshop CC 2017. The original was a badly dam...

03/08/2018

I just posted a time-lapse video on YouTube of how I did the colored pencil drawing - "Old Things Have Passed Away!" that was juried into the Colored Pencil Society of Georgia (CPSA) ExploreThis! 14 Online Exhibit. Please feel free to post questions! Enjoy!

This video is a time-lapse of a drawing I did for the 2018 Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) ExploreThis! 14 Online Gallery Competition. It was juried...

03/01/2018

I just published a bit more about this drawing on my website including source photos...http://www.georgehoffman.com/2018/03/01/the-old-things-have-passed-away-a-colored-pencil-selfie/

02/03/2018

UPDATE: I was juried into the Colored Pencil Society of America's 2018 ExploreThis!14 Online Exhibition for my drawing "The Old Things Have Passed Away!" This was such an honor and it was the second year in a row one of my pieces was accepted for this prestigious show! Only 72 entries were accepted from this international competition. https://www.cpsa.org/explore-this-14-online-exhibition/

If you love drawing and love colored pencils, consider joining the Colored Pencil Society of America. Visit CPSA.org and sign up! Also, there are local CPSA chapters all around the country, including one here in Atlanta. We meet once a month and share ideas, techniques and see tutorials. Our next meeting is this Wednesday, February 7th at the Johns Creek Art Center from 1:00 to 3:30. Come join us! Here are other CPSA chapters around the country https://www.cpsa.org/district-chapters/district-chapters-main/.

Explore This! 14 Online Exhibition The artworks here were selected by juror, Mar Hollingsworth, from over 260 paintings submitted for Explore This! 14. The show will remain online until Jan. 31, 2019.Click any thumbnail below to see the full image and start a slide show. If you are interested in pur...

12/31/2017

I did this pencil drawing for my son-in-law Justin of his grandfather who was awarded the Silver Star for bravery in 1944. He gave the original drawing to his dad and prints for his brothers and relatives. After I did the drawing and the video I found the Battle Hymn of the Republic by the U.S Army Band as the music bed, and also the text of the Silver Star award he was given by the President of the United States for bravery which is scrolled at the end. I couldn't stop the tears every time I played it while editing.

This time-lapse video is a capture of a pencil drawing I did for my son-in-law Justin Wyatt as a tribute to a true American hero - his Grandfather, Thurman W...

11/15/2017

Hi folks. It's been awhile since I posted anything here so I thought I'd update you on a couple of my latest projects. Every year the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA.org) has an international contest called ExploreThis! and the deadline for next years entries is today. I entered last year and was juried in (http://cpsa.org/explorethis-13exhibition - My entry is the bearded banjo player!) It is quite an honor to be juried in because there are entries from all over the world and only 61 were accepted! So I've been working on a fun piece based on a photo I took last year when Carol and I took our anniversary trip to North Georgia. There is a really nice Antique store (Rustic Rooster) in Dahlonega and I used it as a backdrop for a take-off on 2 Corinthians 5:17 - "Therefore, if any man is in Christ he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold all things have become new!" It's my life verse and quite frankly, my life story! So I kinda took some liberties, added a few signs, sayings, posters and even a cameo of a really good buddy (you have to look hard). Several of these decorations are from Carol and my favorite restaurants...Midway Meal House in Cu***ng and Rexall Grill in Duluth. I just entered the store as well as a drawing I did of the conductor at the Duluth Railroad Museum we met when we took the Wyatt grandkids a couple years ago for a fun afternoon. Enjoy!

10/13/2017

I had three pieces juried into the Georgia National Fair Fine Art show! One won a purchase award by the show organizer - the St. Augustine Antique Emporium. All are from my original photos.

09/29/2017

Just finished editing a 90 second time-lapse of my drawing of the English Bulldog shown on my last post. You can see a more detailed explanation of the process on my website:

http://www.georgehoffman.com/2017/09/29/a-caran-dache-grafwood-pencil-portrait-of-an-english-bulldog/

Enjoy and feedback is helpful!

This video is a one and a half minute time-lapse video of a pencil drawing I did of an English Bulldog who I met on one of my walks with my dog Minnie. It is...

09/25/2017

I met a really sweet lady while walking Minnie the other day in the Chinese Christian Church parking lot near our house. She spoke broken English and was walking her dog. I asked if I could take a picture of her dog so I could do a drawing of it. I'm not sure she understood what I was saying but we communicated as dog walkers seem to do...by letting the pups cautiously get to know each other. Her dog basically sat down like a fireplug while Minnie scampered nervously around him trying to elicit some kind of acknowledgement. As I was leaving, her sweet dog tried to jump in my car with Minnie and I!!!

I was fascinated by the amazing features God designed into her dog and enjoyed doing this drawing. For a while my drawing looked like an alien from Ork! But it finally came together and his personality and beauty shone through.

I hope I can run into her again and give her the drawing! BTW, does anyone know what breed it is? I have a time-lapse video of my drawing process on this that I will be editing together and posting. I may add a bit of color with Prismacolor Verithin pencils.

Details:
Size: 9"x12"
Surface: Strathmore 300 Bristol Vellum paper
Pencils: Caran d'Ache Grafwood graphite pencils - 4H, 2H, B, HB, 2B and 4B
Photo reference: My own photo on iPhone 6+

Also, if you live near me and know the lady please message me so I can give this to her.