another birthday!

I am 55 today!
What an age!1 year and 7 months of drawing!

This is how I played with Crayola crayons and oil pastels for one hour this morning!






This is on canvas panel 6x8in.


One more hour of drawing in the afternoon.This is not my art day but anyway here is my vase of sunflowers in Caran d'Ache watercolor pencils dry with two choices of background on Stonehenge pad 5x7in.

Temples of Egypt

Today I added more slideshows on my page Egypt 2008, from last summer's trip to Egypt.
Wish you all happy moments while listening to my Egyptian music and seeing these memorable sites.

fresh figs

Colored pencils on Bristol board smooth light yellow 5x8in. 4 hours.From real life.

finger paint

This child's face was done in graphite using the circulism method and the paint is
oil pastel. 3 hours on drawing pad 5x7in.

a green apple

after tutorial; colored pencils on Canson mi teintes white pad 5x7in. 3:30 hours.

Mariposa hermosa

I really enjoyed using this technique and probably circulism will be from now on my favorite technique in colored pencils.
Caran d'Ache watercolored pencils dry on light yellow Bristol board 5x9in.

mon papillon

Today I discovered the technique called circulism for creating colored pencil drawings.This is the first time using this technique on a flower and butterfly and I guess I will have to study it in depth as it is so relaxing and fun.

Visit this artist for circulism technique colored pencil art. Virginia Tupper

And this is my favorite portrait of Virginia Tupper: Femme

happy together

This one tested my patience. Colored pencils on Stonehenge pad 5x7in.

Pakistani girl

Sepia, sanguine, white chalk, grey conte on Canson mi-teintes 8x11 in. One hour.

Iranian girl

Sepia and sanguine pencils on Strathmore drawing pad 11x14in.

peach tree

This is a 5x7 in. drawing on Bristol board in Caran d'Ache watercolor pencils dry.2 hours 30 minutes work.

crayola markers

Just playing with crayola markers. The hydrangea is from life, my patio shrub; and the peaches from reference, glued on Canson mi-teintes brown pad 5x7in.
The sunflower also glued on Bristol board.

nectarines in a bowl

Watercolor and colored pencils on watercolor paper 9x12in.

pears in a basket

This is one hour colored pencils drawing on Stonehenge pad 5x7in.

Hermit crab

my rendering in sepia, sanguine, white chalk pencil, crayola metallic blue, colored pencils dust on Canson Mi-teintes 8x11 in. cream pad.1.30 hours.For a gift on my husband's birthday.

oil pastels drawing

This is an oil pastels drawing over Crayola crayons sketch on canvaskin pad 9x13in. 1 hour.

watercolor

Something to brighten up my page even if my sporadic work in this medium doesn't even come close to watercolor, the way I know it.