Hi, I'm new her and just wanted to introduce myself! I ran across a link to this site yesterday and signed up straight away! There looks to be alot of talented and friendly people here to learn from and with. I'm the mother of 4 beautfiul girls and an artist whenever I can squeeze the time in! Have been back at my drawing board for a couple of years now after about a 20 year break. Wish I hadn't waited again to start!

Well thanks for letting me run on!
Laura

P.S.
This is my most rescent piece a quick one you may have seen it in the gallery, cause I wasn't sure where I should post this.

Welcome Laura.. I must say, that is a beautiful drawing. I can only hope to be that good someday.. Is it one of your daughters? She's a doll..

Hello laura and welcome Im the same as you starting again after twenty five years but this is a great site for teaching you things you didnt know and the people are very friendly.

No, she is not my daughter. She is the daughter of a dear friend and this was her b-day gift yesterday.
She has since commissioned a portrait of her son to compliment her daughter's portrait. Our children play together and Li'l Miss Nina is a beautiful little girl inside and out! Thank you for the compliment! I was looking at your work in the gallery yesterday and if you just push those darks you will be just as good or better than me!!!

Laura




David, thanks for the warm welcome! Then you know what I mean about regreting the time lapse! Ah, but no sense crying over spilt milk!!! Nothing to do but look ahead to the future and learn as much as I can!!!

Laura

Hello Laura and welcome to the forum. Your drawing skills look fairly well polished to me. Lots of people come back to it after a break, me being one of those people.

It doesn't take long to get up to speed again. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Jeanette,

Thank you and I think we have met before at AP! I love your self portrait!!!
I'll post more as I go along.

Laura

Hi Laura,
Welcome to drawspace. I love the portrait of Nina!! I haven't really tried portraits yet. I hope you found all of the help here you need but I don't think you need it.

Venus,
Thank you, but I still have so much to learn and anyplace where people are willing to share their experiences and knowledge is where I want to be. This looks like a great place with lots of diversity!!!

Laura

That was a thrilling compliment. Thank you. Yes, I need to push the darks. I told someone recently that I think I am afraid of the dark. Until I joined this site, I didn't know there was more than my #2 crossword puzzle pencil. Most of my stuff was done with the old pencil. I'm so new at art though, that I haven't even been through ONE sketch book yet. (life happens). Thanks to the wonderful people here they have been telling me about mechanical pencils and charcoal. I'm all excited about trying something new for me. I do have to learn to use more than my "H" pencil. LOL
And again, I just love your art..
Cyn

Hello and welcome to the site, Beautiful drawing, you are a very gifted artist. I just know you will fit right in.

RJS

Laura... very nice portrait .. I love drawing people ...but they are hard to do ...you have mastered it .
Kim

Cyn,
I just use an el cheapo .05 2hb mechanical pencil and alot of layering and a bit of blending!
Keep trying different things and learning and you'll go far!!!

RJS,
Thank you and I've gotten my skill level up a bit, but there are still so many artists out there who make me wanna just break my pencils...hehehe...so much to learn still!

Kim,
Thank you, but not yet...still a long way to go!!!!

Thank you all for the warm welcome!!!
Laura

WOW I LOVE YOUR DRAWING YOU HAVE MUSH SKILL ALREADLY YEAH THIS PLACE IS LIKE A FAMILY ITS HARD TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE LIKE THIS AT ALL SO WELCOME HOME BABE!

ukartist,

Sorry I haven't been here to see this...as I said, when time permits...with 4 daughters it's not as often as I would like. Thank you for such a warm welcome...I'm sure as time goes on it will feel more like a 2nd family!

Thanks for being so sweet!
Laura