Getting Started

Hey Everyone!!

Well here it is! I have wanted to start an art blog page for some time now.

I finally got the courage to sit down and just do it! :)

I want to share with you my new art work. I have started color pencil drawing

 and  pastel painting. I am still learning and exploring new techiques, while figuring

 out which  supplies work best for me. This all started when my mother came to visit.

I dug out my unused supply of colored pencils for her to use. She likes to paint and draw

 early morning outside on the porch with her morning beverage. I sat down

beside her one morning and gave colored pencils a try. Now I'm hooked!                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The first colored pencil drawing was of a red bing cherry! Whenever I want
 to get motivated I usually start with something I love! I love to paint and use red as
 much as possible. Bing cherries come easy  for me to draw. Maybe because
I've drawn so many of them by now!

_________________"Red Bing Cherry"© Artist:Barb Mason__________________

My next attempt was a little more challenging.

I started with a still life drawing of a white rose.

I wanted to make the white rose glow. I blended white, cream and yellow to soften petals.

I have not experimented with background as of yet. Keeping the background black gives

me that high contrast affect.

____________________"White Rose" © Phase I   Artist: Barb Mason____________________

With a little more confidence under my belt I completed White Rose colored pencil drawing.
This is its final stage!

 ____________________"White Rose"  Phase II  Artist: Barbara Mason____________________