A bird experiment

A little 5x7 experiment using  neocolor 2's as a wash under a drawing. This will be available in my unframed bin at the Portland Saturday Market this weekend.

My little helper Saturday

I'm waiting for some boards to be delivered, so no new artwork this week, but I thought I would post the answers to some frequently asked questions people ask me at the Saturday Market. BTW, I have some new products for next Saturday that I am excited about.

"That's colored pencil?!"

Yes, it is colored pencil.

"It's so realistic, why not just take a picture?"

The short answer is I am a lousy photographer! I hope the more you look at my drawings you can see the subtle gradations, the mood I injected, and the style behind my drawings.

"Why are your prints on canvas?"

I like the way the texture of the canvas works with the texture of my drawings. Also I varnish them so they can be framed without glass.

"Why are your canvas prints not stretched?"

I like the way my prints look in frames and it helps me keep costs down.

"Wow, how long did that take you?"

A long, long time.

"Colored pencils - like Crayola?"

I use professional grade colored pencils that have better pigmentation than student grade pencils, and lightfast qualities.

If you have anymore questions you would like to ask me please do so in the comments!

Shoes 2

Converse Take 2

NFS 

I have friends visiting me from New Hampshire so the only drawing I have done in the past couple of weeks is a special order. We've gone to Mt. St Helens, the Ape Caves, Cannon Beach, Portland, the Columbia River Gorge. Its been great! I can't wait to start a new drawing though. 

Hope you are enjoying the summer as much as we are! 

Smelling the Roses

16"x20" untitled at the moment

This is the fabric I have in my booth that I wanted to incorporate in a still-life. Its also my first bird, lol. 

This is interesting. I had to use a grey Pastelbord because I did not have any sand. I took out 2 boards and they were very different, although should be the same. Makes me weary of ordering grey even more with how different they are. 

Saturday Market!

Some pictures of my first Saturday Market! Next week I will be there o Saturday if I don't get turned away. The newest people get bumped if they are out of spaces.

My daughter came with me and did not like the music on the drive. 

Hanging the work in a rush because I had to do orientation first.

I only had 35 minutes to get completely set up. Pant, pant. I know what you are thinking... "nice fanny pack."

I had an end spot which means you can open in up more,

but it also left me confused because I hadn't planned on that! 

Some street artists.