Valerie Rogers Art - www.valerierogers.com

Valerie Rogers paints wildlife art with acrylic and watercolor. With her award winning artwork she shares her appreciation for nature. A Canadian painter she focuses on Canadian animals including bears, big horned rams, deer and moose. But she also paints simple natural things in her series "Stonescapes" that feature the beauty of rocks. By blogging she shares her painting and creative process. View her paintings at www.valerierogers.com

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Graphite Grey Portraits

In the last year I ventured away from just painting animals and nature. It was my year to challenge myself and try something new.... PEOPLE.

I have always admired artists who could represent people in an accurate and attractive manner....I have started using a minimalist approach with a white background and soft graphite gray as my tone. Here are a few of examples of portraits of friends and family. This has been an interesting exercise and I look forward to continuing to experiment with portraits. What do you think?