Monday, January 28, 2013

Beginnings...

Well, here we are! A new place, a new school, and definitely time for some new art. I've been looking for a place to share my work and get some feedback and ideas and this seems as good a place as any -let the fun begin; I must ask all to bear with me as I am always trying to learn in my work, so please refrain from needless derogatory comments, I love to hear suggestions and thoughts on my work but simply slashing it because you have nothing better to do is not acceptable.
For starters, a watercolor portrait of a friend of mine- though many people have also asked if it is a self-portrait (we must look more alike than I thought =); watercolors are one of my favorite mediums to work with because they always very forgiving to use, mistakes can easily be worked into the final piece and used deliberately. One of things that I love the most about this painting are the colors, sunset golds and reds.

      The most recent project I've been working on -both in and outside of school- is a small set of children's books, written and illustrated by me. The whole thing is still in the writing and editing phase but in the next few weeks I'll try to put up a sample of one of them.