Class Room work

So here is one of my drawings from the Soft Pastel workshop I took from Tom Christopher at Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA). Learned a lot. This is 400lb sanded paper (who knew it was Sand Paper, good enough to use in my wood shop :-)), started with a watercolor background and then pastel. Generally I work a little too heavy for this technique so I need to develop a softer hand. This was quite a stretch from my normal pen and ink but I'm trying to spread out into other mediums anyway and this was a very enjoyable class. Check out Tom's work at http://tomchristopherartist.com/about