I love to practice drawing the Furst Gnome characters. The first one is done in pen and soft pastels and the second one is just a plain #2 pencil drawing.
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#545 of 1001 Picking Some Candy Canes
One of the many doodle illustrations I do over the course of the year. This one is done in color pencil on white paper.
#539 & 540 out of 1001 Two More Flowers
The flower in the blue vase was created using soft pastels brushed with water. The background is another old book page. The flower on the right is done on a 4×8 piece of white card stock using acrylic paints.
#538 of 1001, Watering the Flowers
I thought I’d try my hand at another illustration. This one is of a little girl watering her red flower. I used soft pastels on a cream colored paper.
#534 & 535 Two Flowers
Both of these abstract flower paintings were created using soft pastels. One was on a piece of card stock the other white sketch paper.
#529 Another White Flower
I haven’t done one of these in a while. I like the ease of creating these abstract flowers. This one is done in acrylic paints on a 4×6 piece of card stock.
#522 and 523 Two Shades of Orange Cats
I enjoy creating pictures of cats. There is something about the little felines that piques my interest. Each cat has there own personality and way about them. The cats pictured were created with pastels one soft pastels the other oils.
#521 Lovebirds
My two little birds in love are rendered on an 8×10 old book page in soft pastel, softened with water and a paint brush. I then highlighted the drawing black pen.
An Accidental Artist
I have very limited art training. The sum total of my formal training being a few classes at the local community college. I am what I call an accidental artist. I stumbled into it because I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles Schulz. I started drawing my own cartoons based on a cat I used to have.
I then moved on to silly cartoons panels. I even got to the point where I would send my cartoons out, yes send them out, to the big agencies. Most just sent back the standard, “Don’t call us we’ll call you,” letter.
A little while later I took a class on pastels. I loved and still love the ease of use of soft pastels. Now oil pastels are a little more difficult to use but I love the brilliance of the colors. Today I have branched out to all mediums.
What is the point of this whole ramble? Just this, do not devalue you artistic ability just because you’re what I call an accidental artist. Someone who just for the shear joy…creates. An artist is an artist.
