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Mary L 43, Female Haynesville, United States: 3nguv5r2qnnb7; Share

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Where are you from?: Louisiana

What's your favorite medium (i.e. acrylics, watercolor, oils etc)?: graphite pencils and pastels

How long have you been drawing or painting?: I'm returning to art after a long lay off

Tell us a bit about yourself:: I first began to draw in a Reading class, where the teacher had each of us pick a Christmas card and use a grid to make a bigger version of it. We used oil pastels to finish it. The next year in high school, I thought that for a class project, I would attempt to draw the first 16 presidents. I tried James Buchanan first, and it looked pretty much like him so I drew them all. I drew a few other things after that, but left it after a couple of months. I went to college, received a BS, then began working at a school as a para. I eventually went back to college to become a teacher. During test week, (March 2008), when we finished testing for the day, I read to the students. Others were not finished, so we had to remain in our room. During that time of reading to the students, I decided that we all should attempt to draw the girl on the front cover. After this effort, I took pictures and drew the students that I tested. Other students saw these drawings and the requests began. I have drawn several portraits since then and loved all of it. I am now working with soft pastels also. I have no training or art class experience. I am learning so much from the people on this site. Thanks for all of your generosity and encouragement!

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J.D. Hilberry - realistic, trompe l'oeil art
http://www.jdhillberry.com/how_to_draw_pg2.htm

Drawing and Sketching Website (How to)
http://drawsketch.about.com/library/gallery/blgal_roman_silk.htm

Tutorial website
http://www.artshow.com/resources/index.html

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Hung Art work and new project??

This is what the pastels look like after being hung. I also delivered the logo last night an… Continue

Posted on August 14th, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment (Add)

The Red Door - Finished and framed

This is the framed piece. Cherrywood with white and red matting. It will sit in a stand. View… Continue

Posted on July 27th, 2008 at 2:00pm — 30 Comments (Add)

Butterflies - Progression

All finished! Now it will be framed and matted liked a window pane. They aren't perfect, but they are done.

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Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 8:00am — 18 Comments (Add)

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At 9:43am on August 21st, 2008, Brajanne said…: Hi Mary,

Thanks for your feedback on my painting "The Watcher". Your butterflies are outstanding.

At 12:56pm on August 20th, 2008, Andrew said…: Hail Mary! Thanks for the lovely comments on The Olympians. The framed pictures look great. Hope you are selling up a storm!!!
Regards - Andrew

At 1:38am on August 20th, 2008, Hala said…: Hi Mary
You are welcome ... and please keep sharing such wonderful articles.
First time to see your artwork ... lovely specially no .1 - butterflies - showing the delicacy of butterflies and gorgeous color details ... well done !!
Hala

At 9:45pm on August 19th, 2008, newby said…: Hi Mary thank you for taking the time to view my paintings, thank you also for your comments, very much appreciated, speak soon Pat

At 5:37am on August 17th, 2008, Dorothy Carney said…: Thanks for the kind words about my painting, Ahata Beach. Your encouragement is appreciated.
Dorothy

At 4:13am on August 17th, 2008, Anil Razdan said…: Mary,
That purple zinia (or is it Zenia) is the majic of Photoshop.
I took the photograph of the flower when it was in vase. Then I loaded it in computer and applied some of the Photoshop filters, actually multiple filters multiple times at different stages, and this was the end result. Currently, my main computer is out of commission, and so is Photoshop. Once it is up and running, I can tell you what filters I used. However, two of the filters that make sense are 1. Oil Paint, and 2.) Image sharpening tool.

At 3:58am on August 17th, 2008, ken said…: Hi Mary, thank you for checking out my arts. I enjoyed my walk through your gallery. Your portraits especially...you have a gift for expressing the character of each person. You see it in their eyes..in their smiles

At 3:52am on August 17th, 2008, Anil Razdan said…: Thank you Mary, I appreciate your comment. Feel free to evaluate my work (I don't want to call it "work" yet. This is my learning phase. And all my friends are my teachers. I have started working with watercolors recently, and would love your critique. I see you have done lot of work. What is your favorite medium? I am trying out all of them to see which one works better for me. I have done some oil on canvas, and mostly sketching and drawing.