It has been a good long while since I've worked in black and white, but I'm rather enjoying it. I thought that there would be less dust than when painting with pastels, but I still have to take my drawing board outside to gently tap the charcoal particles off the paper. This is charcoal and white pastel on Canson Mi Tientes paper.
A big thank you to Foothills Art Association for another outstanding Wildlife in Art show. The quality of the work is at a very high level, and members of the Pastel Society of San Diego always make a wonderful showing. Our members walked away with many of the awards this year. Carolyn Teincuff won 2nd place and an honorable mention, Marilyn Grame won a 3rd, Betty Johnsen, Billie Mear, Marji Cramer and I won honorable mentions. Billie also took home the People's Choice award. And "Looking for Love" sold during the reception. I had planned on showing this painting at the Mission Trails show in January. So...back to painting!
