Bluebird for Sale

I finished this little drawing today.  It was much harder than I thought it
would be!  All of that background proved to be very tedious.  I had
to draw it around all the branches.  Maybe I should have done the background
first?! But I always do the subject matter first; I feel it is more important, and if
I don't get it right, there will be no reason to spend any time on the background!

This little bluebird lives in my backyard.  I keep several bluebird
boxes on trees surrounding the yard.  I enjoy seeing them go in and out,
taking care of their little ones.  I haven't seen my cats bother any of
them as of yet....but you never know!

I have finished hanging the colored pencil exhibit at the gallery.  I still have
some tweaking to do, but it is all up and ready to view.  I will have the
pricing and details done sometime this week.  I will have this little piece
for sale too.  There are also prints of many of my pieces available
as well.  I look forward to seeing some of you come by!

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Bluebird on a Branch  Original Colored Pencil
9 x 12  $75.00  

Art Show and Tell

These are selections from the YACA art competition.
This piece is a pencil drawing with  real objects added...very cool.

This is a 3 dimensional abstract piece.  Reminds me of
topographical land maps...and I like the colors.

This is colored pencil.   I thought the rendering was nice and
I also love the colors in this one.

When I first saw this piece, I wasn't sure what it was.
Then I realized it was piano keys.  

Very interesting drawing of an Indian woman

This is another drawing that has 3 dimensional
objects added...the butterfly wings came away from the surface. 

And this was absolutely stunning!  It was drawn with
charcoal, and  it was the talk of the show.  I was not
there for the awards, but I am sure this one took top honors.
There is no way I was drawing anything this well
in high school?!  Congrats to the teachers
and students whose talents were well represented.

YACA (youth art council of America)
Look into this organization if you are an
art teacher or art student...well worth it

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Peruvian Artists

I always enjoy buying some original art

when I travel.  And I was delighted to find

so many watercolors down in Peru.  Our

tour director, Edwin, told us he had a friend

named Santos, and that we would meet him in

Cuzco.  Santos is an artist, and he paints in

watercolor and acrylic.  We did meet him, and

most of the group bought a painting from him.

I bought the one of the village.

I also found a little gallery in Aguas Calientes,

the town at the foot of Macchu Pichu.  I bought

the other watercolor of the field workers there. I

really like it...it is different from many of the

paintings that I saw.  And I also got to see examples

of people in the fields as we traveled around the

country, especially in the Sacred Valley.

nice work

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