OFF TOPIC: some pictures i posted, and the pastel i finished

miccmill said:

Wow
You're a photographer AND an artist.

I love the pastel. How long have you been an artist?

I would buy that pastel at an art show. It's just exactly my style.

You live in a beautiful area. As beautiful as it is, I wonder if I'd miss neighbors. I've lived in the city for the last 24 years.

Lisa

Lisa
How long have I been an artist? I've just always liked to do crafty stuff. Not really an artist. I have done mixed media art projects using rubber stamps, calligraphy, and have had a few pieces published in magazines. I even got a cover once. I loved to do scrapbooking also. Just started one again after a 4 year dry spell. My niece graduated high school. I'm doing an easy book for her.

I wouldn't say I'm a photographer either. I just like to take pix, and I have a decent eye.

I love where I live. I don't think I could live in town anymore. Never mind the city. I am originally from NYC. I wouldn't want to go back. When I first left my ex, I moved here to my parents farm. When the divorce was final, I finally found a house in town I could afford. I wasn't sure I could deal with living in town right off the main street. Thank God I couldn't get a clear title and I fell through, because I was diagnosed like right after I would have been closing on the house! That would have been a disaster. I suppose it's true that everything happens for a reason.

I moved out of NY when I was 22. (1990). I love it out here. No neighbors to bug you. 140 acres of privacy.
It's a little sanctuary.

Skiffin16 said:

Koh-I-Noor
Is probably the name you are thinking...they do drawing type supples, graphics, pens, pencil, pastels, conte'.... I've heard of Dewert watercolor pencils too, haven't tried them.

I mainly stick with Prismacolor, or the harder ones called Verithin, also made by Prismacolor for any graphics or colored drawingd I do......

The ones in the links above are mainly Prismacolor, and Verithin for some sharp detail....

JG

Koh - I - noor
I've been trying to think of that for days! I kept asking conne what the name of that diamond was in the one crown jewels in England because I think it's the same name. She couldn't remember though.

I have their water color pencils, and I liked them. I could not find Prismacolor OIL pastel pencils. My friend told me they should be oil, so I didn't want to spend on the wrong thing. As you know they are not cheap. I took back a harness that was too small for Nizzy and I got the pencils with that money. If I had better control and dexterity I would have just used her chalks. They are fine for filling in color, but I cannot do the detail with them. I've got like no control over them. Doesn't help with the numb fingers.