I added a post yesterday about my newest painting experiment with pastel mat and showed you the stages. After I thought I was done, I still kept fooling with it and rubbing the pastel on the right side with more blue. As I did this a flaw in the surface began to appear. This flaw …
I have been experimenting with pastel pencils this week on a different surface. I wanted to offer something new in classes this year and also be able to have a class at World of Color Expo that would introduce participants to pastel painting. Instead of using velour, I used pastel mat as my support. This …
We are going to the World of Color at the Dulles Washington Hilton Nov 12-15, 2014. We are pleased to make our 10 best workshops of the last 2 years available for purchase. Each set of workshop instructions contains a full size drawing of the project for transferring , the color list of all the colors …
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Your name is the primary way people find you. A readable name on your art work is one of the best marketing tools you have. USE IT! If people like your work and can read your name, it gives them a chance to find you on the web. If they can’t read your name, …