YOUTUBE

ALL ABILITY LEVELS OF ARTISTS HAVE FUN WITH THIS EXCITING TECHNIQUE. THE FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO BELOW IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VARIETY OF IMAGES YOU ARE ABLE TO CREATE WITH THIS FUN AND EXCITING TECHNIQUE. LOOK ON...YOU ARE SURE TO BE INSPIRED!

BELOW IS A VIDEO OF FINISHED LANDSCAPE PIECES IN THE OIL PASTEL SMUDGE TECHNIQUE. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE TAKEN MY CLASSES CAN UNDERSTAND HOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PIECES WERE MADE. THAT IS WHAT IS SO EXCITING FOR ME. WE CAN TALK THE SAME LANGUAGE. TEMPLATES AND SMUDGING! LOOK ON TO SEE SOME BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES CREATED IN THIS UNIQUE STYLE.

IN VIEWING THE VIDEO, I WISH TO HAVE YOU NOTICE THAT I WORKED WITH THE SAME FOUR (4) COLORS, IN EACH AND EVERY LANDSCAPE. USING THE SAME COLOR SCHEME WAS WHAT, I FEEL, WAS THE EDGE I HAD THAT GOT ME ACCEPTED INTO THE 2013 RENO, NEVADA CITY ART BLAST. (3RD VIDEO DOWN) I WAS PRESENTING MYSELF AND MY WORK AS A COHESIVE BODY OF WORK, A STUDY IN THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER, "LANDSCAPES" AND UTILIZING THESE SAME COLORS THROUGHOUT THE WORK. A LOOK THAT IS UNDENIABLY MINE!

THE VIDEO PRESENTED BELOW IS FROM THE MARKETING EFFORTS OF THE RENO CITY ART BLAST. ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT I WAS HONORED WITH THE "JURORS CHOICE AWARD" AND PRESENTED WITH A CHECK FROM THE CITY ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION. THAT TRULY MAKES ALL OF MY HARD WORK AND EFFORT WORTH IT. THANK YOU'S TO JURORS AHREN HERTEL & MEGAN BERNER. CHRISTINE FEY, NETTIE OLIVERIO AND THE MANY MEMBERS OF THE RENO ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION.