Pastel portrait
New charcoal portrait
Charcoal is and remains one of my most favorite drawing media! It's so versatile and can be used for both expressive and subtle, detailed work. This portrait was made with regular charcoal and charcoal pencil. I've also used a little…
Young Girl
Playing with charcoal and a little white soft pastel, focusing on movement and line in a profile portrait. I'm pretty happy with her! Charcoal and a little white soft pastel on Fabriano Rosaspina paper, size 23 x 34 cm (approx.…
See My Story
I made a new portrait last night and I must say I'm really pleased with her! Most of all I love the expression of her eyes, they somehow really seem to draw you into the painting, telling some kind of…
Ooh these colors!!
Recently I indulged myself and bought this wonderful soft pastel set! Yayy! Look at those colors! It's the portrait set by Unison, containing 36 crayons. My favorite brands for soft pastels are Schmincke and Unison. I just love how soft…
New Art Journal Portrait
I have been working on a new art journal portrait today. I started off with gluing in some patterned paper. I don't believe I have used any collage paper before in my portraits, so I was curious what it would…
Art Journaling
Experimenting with color in my art journal. Trying to keep it loose and unpolished. I have been adding lots of layers of soft pastel until I was forced to stop, because the paper wouldn't hold any more layers of pastel...…