I love art! I am a self-taught artist living in Maryland. I am one of the many artists who spent a childhood doing art and then it got pushed to the back burner as life took over. I am not happy when my art is on the back burner! Things have changed! I am extremely happy to say that as of this writing January 2016, I am a full-time artist. I am living my dream!
I work mostly in pastels and colored pencil, but also plan to revisit some of my old favorites -- charcoal and ink. Maybe I'll even combine some of my favorite mediums or try some new ones. I've got big plans!
I hope that you'll follow along on my art adventure!
Nothing like painting a warm, sunny day in the middle of January. I wish I had done this bigger. There is more that I would have done with it, but the 8 x 8 size limited me just a bit. I think I will definitely give this one another try larger just to add a few things and change a few things. Overall, I'm pleased with it. It went through quite a few changes along the way. I started out with colored pencil and basically completed the piece that way. I felt like it was a bit washed out and added some selectve areas of Pan Pastels on top to brighten things up a bit. Still wasn't quite happy so then I got the soft pastels out and finished her off. What started as a colored pencil piece is now totally buried under pastels. There are a few pix of this process further below. Yup, that Ampersand Pasteboard will take whatever you give it! Available at Daily Paintworks.
Laundry Day - $60
8 x 10 - pastel on Pastelbord
My initial sketch on board with white charcoal pencil:
Mostly just one layer of color all over, a few with two:
Embellished with just a little bit of Pan Pastels over the colored pencil:
