I haven’t posted here in a while but I have some new work to share.
My part-time classes at The Atelier in Minneapolis have significantly improved my portrait work. It really is the best investment I’ve made in my arts education.
I feel that I have a more complete understanding for charcoal now, and I can use it in a way that is more masterful than I ever learned in my liberal arts degree.
Oil paint is the next medium I will tackle in class. I can’t wait to take up a brush and apply these same techniques.
This is a portrait of my husband:
Portrait of M by A.M. Downs
Charcoal and chalk on tinted paper, 10 x 12 inches.
(See a larger version BY CLICKING HERE.)
