A Messy Mosaic Monday

Have not had too much time to take any pictures lately......so forgive me for being a bit self indulgent here and modifying a previous post for Mary's Mosaic Monday! I was messing around with some charcoals the other day, here is a mosaic of that messy afternoon. Trust me, it is a messy affair.....the charcoal shavings fly all around, the black and grey charcoal dust gets in your hair, your eyes, your clothes....at one point my dachshund Lucy walked over it, and you would have seen pawprints on the man's shirt, but then I converted the pawprints into flowers.....which is why the man has a flowery shirt on!!! Enjoy!

Experimenting with charcoal......

As some of you know one of my hobbies is painting. Even though I feel I am better at drawing than painting, I enjoy painting more! I find oil painting the easiest and most enjoyable...probably because its an easy medium, and a breeze to cover up any mistakes I might make. Watercolors are my biggest nemesis....I struggle and struggle to get that watery translucent quality, but to no avail. But I am persevering.....! Another medium I enjoy is charcoal painting.....its fairly easy, its quick - there is no drying time - and the black and white effect is always striking! Today I messed around with some charcoals....since I was just experimenting, I tried to reproduce a sketch by one of my all time favorite artists - Vrindavan Solanki! Here is the final product.....