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I Have Fallen in Love! ... with ACEO's
My love of pan pastel has increased 10-fold. I was introduced to the world of aceo's a number of years ago. Little did I realize how compulsive creating this little guys would get until I started using my PanPastels on them. A lengthy peruse of ebay's aceo category hooked me completely. I not only want to create them - I want to collect them.
Finding a way to capture the beauty of the colors of these little gems has proven challenging - but I'm working on it. I've got one up as a test run on ebay, so we'll see what happens. With 100 Bristol board cards at my disposal - I think I'm gonna be busy for quite a while!
Learning to Master PanPastel
Oh, the feeling I get when the "all done" button pops up when I'm working on a painting or a drawing. I think I've always looked for the in put of others on anything I do. Drawing seems to be the one exception. I draw and paint to please me - and no one else. It's done when I know it's done. As I work with PanPastel, I have had some disasters - and a few triumphs as I learn. That satisfied feeling when I look at one of my drawings and feel that I couldn't have possibly done that is so rewarding for me.
Now, I'm no Rembrandt, Picasso, Michelangelo or (fill in the blank), but I do know when I have done a good job for me. This is my latest PanPastel creation and I'm quite happy with it.
The world at large may not care for it ... but I love it. Which is why I draw and paint to begin with!