Happy New Year!
The last couple of days I have been playing with my new Christmas toys. I got an Icarus drawing board and some oil pastels. Never used either before and it was definitely fun but challenging. The Icarus board is basically a heated drawing board. Half of it stays cool, the other half you can heat up to different temperatures to melt the pencils or crayons to blend better. Up until now, I have also used Turpenoid which is odorless Turpentine for blending. This is obviously a better option, but I have a lot to learn. I have never used oil pastels which I did like but I found them quite challenging. I am so used to very fine detail and using very sharp pencils, that a thick crayon will definitely take some getting used too. I did love the vibrancy of them. You can see my first attempt of using this in "Bella". The oil pastels were mainly used in the background and the white details.
Well 2013 is going to be an adventure for me. I am going to focus more getting a portfolio set up and entering Call for Artists. I have never done anything like that before, besides the group project that I did this last fall. I am very excited! I just found out about one that is due January 31. It doesn't give me much time, but I am going to try my best to see if I can get a picture done that I can enter. If anything, it will be a great learning experience!
I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful 2013!
Kelli
About Me
- Kelli's Color Pencil Portraits
- A little about me...I am a self taught color pencil artist who specializes in animals and kids. I work from your favorite photos and I love trying to make my artwork as close to the real photo as much as possible. If you are interested in having a picture done, please contact me at furbabiesportraits@gmail.com. I also have a facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/KellisColorPencil
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Happy Holidays!!!
I just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!
I just added my latest picture, "Chloe", I hope you like her. She was so much fun to do, she reminded of a my dog that I had growing up. Well I am pretty positive you will be seeing a lot more pictures on here soon. I am so excited! I have asked Santa for an Icarus art board for Christmas! I just love learning new techniques and along with that art board I am going to get more creative and try some other media like oil pastels. I have so many projects lined up to do that I am giddy and can not wait to get started!
Merry Christmas Everybody!
Kelli
I just added my latest picture, "Chloe", I hope you like her. She was so much fun to do, she reminded of a my dog that I had growing up. Well I am pretty positive you will be seeing a lot more pictures on here soon. I am so excited! I have asked Santa for an Icarus art board for Christmas! I just love learning new techniques and along with that art board I am going to get more creative and try some other media like oil pastels. I have so many projects lined up to do that I am giddy and can not wait to get started!
Merry Christmas Everybody!
Kelli
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