Art Fluent Award
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An artist friend suggested I enter the Art Fluent Animalia exhibit so I
sent in a few of my safari drawings. I was really excited when I learned
that this...
3 weeks ago
Lupe Backe's art blog. She is an amateur artist, who works mostly with colored pencils and more recently, with pastels.
I remember following progress on Marty from the 'early days' - so pleased you finished him and congratulations on your award - very well deserved.
ReplyDeleteI've never used an Icarus board but I don't get on well with solvents/cps so not sure if I'd try 'heating' the wax as I'd be scared of spoiling a picture. It worked very well with this portrait of your Sister
Thanks Sue! Yeah, it was a long road from start to finish for the Marty portrait, but I learned so much along the way :-)
ReplyDeleteThe Icarus board definitely has a learning curve and I still need to travel farther along that path, but it certainly adds a new dimension to colored pencil work which I want to explore!