Jd hill berry biography

          JD has been drawing since a very young child and became a full time professional artist in Since that time JD has won over 50 awards in.

        1. JD has been drawing since a very young child and became a full time professional artist in Since that time JD has won over 50 awards in.
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        3. While growing up in Wyoming, he began developing his own techniques of blending charcoal and graphite to give a photo realistic look to his drawings.
        4. The self-taught artist, JD Hillberry, has been a professional artist for almost 20 years.
        5. Follow J. D. Hillberry and explore their bibliography from Amazon's J. D. Hillberry Author Page.

          6. While growing up in Wyoming, he began developing his own techniques of blending charcoal and graphite to give a photo realistic look to his drawings....

           

          About the Artwork

          Each original drawing is rendered on white 100% acid free paper or watercolor board.  I use a combination of charcoal and pencil in each piece, which adds texture and depth.  Even with all of the techniques I use to speed up the drawing process, some of my original drawings can take up to 250 hours to complete.  Consequently, I only produce four or five new pieces a year and they range from $1,500.00 to $7,000.00.  

          To make my work available to more people, I produce limited edition reproductions of some of my drawings using either offset lithography or the Giclee printing process.  These are full size reproductions.

          The off set lithographs are printed using a duo-tone (two color) process.  I  print them on a slightly textured paper that is similar to my drawing paper.

           Using this printing technique helps preserve the depth, texture and values that are seen in my original drawings while keeping them a