wow..Extraordinary, she is so cute, congratulations my great friend Christine

Thanks Anne Marie I appreciate your compliments so very happy you like my work it means so much to me dear friend!!!

Oh Umberto so happy you like my little Connie I could draw her in my sleep I love her soooooo much!!!!!

Oh thanks Lise I just love drawing this fantastic little girl she was a great actress and grew up to be a fine lady!!!

bonsoir ,ce tableau au pastel est remarquable j'adore.c'est tout a fait magnifique que dire c'est un art fait par une artiste,toute mes felicitation un immense bravo ,c'est extraordinaire

Thanks so much I am happy that you like my work it was so much fun drawing this beautiful young actress!!!

oui c'est vraiment tres jolie ,excusé moi si je me repette mais c'est fantastique j'adore enormement c'est splendide toutes mes felicitation

I hope you can interperate my help for your colored pencil works. Thank you very much for your comment!!

Thank you so much come back to visit soon again hope you have a great weekend!!!

she is beautiful bravo Christine Happy Halloween

Thanks so much Chantal I just love drawing for her family and I know they appreciate my doing these portraits for Connie's family!!

beautiful use of colour!!! youve managed to capture the youth in this picture, such beautiful eyes. well done

Thanks so very much I hope you visit again soon. Thanks always!!

Excellent, outstanding and remarkable portrait Christine!! and in color too! What a treat for me. I love your colored portraits! You did a wonderful job! Bravo my friend!!

I get my inspiration from you dear Jeanette I just love your color pieces as well. thanks for always being there and thanks for all your wonderful e-mails I really look forward to hearing from you !!!

Thank you for telling me you get your inspiration from me, because you inspire me also. Thank you so much my dear sweet friend Christine.

Wow!!! Beautiful drawing my dear Christine. Happy weekend!

Hi Marino getting closer to my hand operation today I tried this in color the pastels are a bit easier to handle. I did use some colored pencils but a lot of it was in chalk so it was easier to blend.

It is necessary that operation?Well. In any event, I want a total recovery.

Yes and I get some time off work to rest as well. I am working on a design for my company they are celebrating 100 years in business so while off I will be painting a poster for my boss. Hope it turns out well!!!

a new jewel for your gallery!

Hi friend I am still plugging away with the graphic design for the 100 years poster. My friend from work Ruth has designed a fantastic lay out. She uses Printshop 1.5 and it looks much easier to use than photoshop2. The only bad thing is it has changed and she really likes that version. Do you know about that software?

the best layout program I know is Adobe illustrator and I work also with photoshop CS3(9 version) I saw the print shop. I think it is rudimentary compare to illustrator or Corel Draw(it is different with Corel painter).

Would Adobe Illustrator be a good one to make books with. I need to be able to intigrate my writings with the graphics. I need something easy since I am basically dyslexic. Remember you are dealing with someone who has big trouble with any kind of diagrams maps and symbols like in music notes etc.

Shahin on this picture I see that the hair is still not great. I am thinking of changing to an illustration board and doing more painting of the hair to make it smoother and less drawn looking. I will be trying to use poster paint with my pastels for skin tones I may underpaint the flesh tones and then come in with the pastel and colored pencil. Still struggling but getting closer!!!

I hope you obtain Corel painter some day! all the things you mention are so easy in Corel(and all the tools, papers,.. are free)!

If you think Corel Painter is the easiest I will check into it. Remember I want to make childrens books that would be my main reason for getting a new software I can try to learn to use layers in my Photoshop2.

Adobe Illustrator is a professional page layout and illustration program. for book creation Adobe has another product: In design. any way for simple page layout you can use Photoshop itself! it has text and vector tools and you can apply nice effects to the objects you create with them.

Thanks Shahin I think I will first read the book for Photoshop2 and try to learn using layers in that software. I may then decide between the Adobe Illustrator pro or the Corel Painter. I will study both.

beautiful

Thanks so much Majka I appreciate your taking the time to comment keep up your fantastic work I love every one you do!!

you are welcome dear Christine,and thanks for so kind encouragement

Hi Bashya good to hear from you thanks so much glad you like my new Connie Marshall!!!

Hello Henri working my way up to painting after my hand operation I intend to do a lot more painting too!!!

A l'huile ou à l'acrylique les prochains portraits

Thanks I will try the acrylics too but I will try the oil painting too not sure which I will choose I like the speed of water based paint.

Thanks so much Claudine I look forward to all your work too!!!!

Thanks Laura I am happy you liked my new Connie!!

really beautiful

Thanks Koala I am happy you like the new Connie Marshall!!!

Beautiful Christine!!!

Hi Rick maybe I will try an oil painting like Mario does he uses his oils almost in a watercolor wash.

Thanks Sofya I am happy with my new Connie Marshall!!!

aww , she is like a princess , dressed in pink and that necklace is so fancy ! she is holding that necklace very interestingly too also i love her hair , very beautiful ! you do eyes and lips so well too and they look so real skin tone and shading is also perfect , very beautiful !

Thanks Ajaa glad you liked my little Connie I may try painting while off work I just need to gain the courage!!!

Thanks Maq it is always good to hear from you have a great week ahead and keep creating I wait for all your work!!

thank you very much

Wow, nice colours, beautiful!

Hard to get the right colors on the scanner especially with pastels. The original is much more subtle and can't show up as nice as the real work. But this is close. Thanks again and keep creating dear!!

is very beautiful !

Thanks so much I do appreciate your taking the time to comment. Keep up the most excellent work I look forward to seeing more from you too!!!!!

Thank you for telling me Christine about the new portrait by Shahin, it is remarkable Thank you Good luck Thursday Malc