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"we gladly feast on those who would subdue us..."

Thank you Thank you

very nicely done, her striped clothes are amazingly detailed and life like

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Thank you! I really enjoyed doing this one.

How do you get the pencil off on the canvas. You said 'raw' so I presume it wasn't sized with anything?

What brand of pencils do you use for the canvas vice paper work?

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Do not be angry. Do not worry, Be grateful, Work with integrity, Be kind to others.

I use Berol/Sanford Prismacolour Pencils for my cp work; paper and canvas. For the canvas, pick a small weave and one of the "softer" texture canvas fabrics (sometimes I hand wash it to make it even softer).....I buy the stuff by the roll and cut what I want off it. When I work on canvas, I *lightly* (don't let it soak all the way through) gesso the "back" of the canvas to add a bit if "stiffness" to the fabric so it doesn't stretch out of shape as I work and so it will be easier to tape to my artboard. I don't work on the gesso side because it does not take the pencil well. I use Berol/Sanford Prismacolour Pencils and I uses Prismacolour VeriThins for a firmer thinnner line. Faber-Castel (sp) has some nice pencils too...though I stick mostly with Prismacolour. They draw beautifully on canvas, though it will "eat your pencils up"! Be prepared to sharpen frequently and use up a pencil quickly. I don't start a piece unless I have at least 4 of each color pencil in stock. I also use my soft pastels on canvas and I hear that oil pastels work well on it too. I've also used pastels on linen and silk.....makes for some *very* interesting textures!

wow, this is great piece, love the facial cuteness expression of the child
though not sure if the photo made the art blurry here.

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"lovehurts" but "always somewhere" there's "stairway to heaven"

Thank you.

I'm not sure why this turned out blurry......I think it just did not scan well. I need to rescan and repost........now if I can just get my sister to take it down off the wall and let me do that! hahaha!

i'm giving my husband a lot of trouble too when i'm not happy with the result (photo and all the computer adjustment of colors, etc.)

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"lovehurts" but "always somewhere" there's "stairway to heaven"