Shelby Creative Journaling

Photos of work created for Art Journaling

  • Block in with pastel and set in with alcohol
    Begin adding layers of detail
    Add the fence
    Add the flowers
    Final version

  • A non verbal young girl requested a museum exhibit of her stories from Make a Wish. The Arts Center made it happen!

  • I’ve been reading art magazines and watching art videos

    Watching video demo about negative painting techniques. TV mounted in my studio!
    I subscribe to these art periodicals
  • Thought I was done, but needs some darks
    Added dark, but middle “c” too prominent
    Final blending and adding in some lights “Hanging On”
  • Photos helped me see where I need to add more pastel, adjust color and blend
  • Used Mount Vision soft pastels for background. Sooo buttery and smooth! Choose a simple background so as not to compete with the petals.

  • I had so much fun with the contour drawing and I thought painting with pastel would give me better control with the tulips

    Selected Prismacolor pastels on sanded paper
    Sketched it all in light then added darks. Worked each petal separately
    Tough to get the illusion of curves and all the small shriveled petals
    Time to take a break and think about the background
  • Easter tulips by my front door
    Moved to my studio by the window
    Did a contour drawing and a print