Hi!
 

My name is Carlos Aleman. I live in South Florida with my wife, Jean and work for a technology company as a web developer.

I've been enjoying this forum for a while. I'm a big fan of Mattelson and others. After 20 years of painting, I've come to the conclusion that I have no sense of color (could explain all the rejection I've experienced). -ha ha:-)

I'm enjoying pencil drawing greatly and look forward to learning much in this forum. Thanks guys for everything you've taught me so far!

(below is a picture of me and a self portrait pencil drawing)

love,
Carlos

Welcome to the forum Carlos! :)

Another Pencil Artist!
 

Welcome to the forum! Your self portrait is very good. I am sure I will never post a self portrait of myself, it is always so hideous!! But yours is very appealing. We pencil artists are few here, but the encouragement and instruction we get from painters is unsurpassed.

Carlos,

On behalf of myself and those "others" I welcome you.

thanks
 

Thanks guys -

Pat, it is I who is the hideous one! :-)
Marvin, I'm glad you knew who the others were!

karloz

By the way, if I wanted to post some of my recent drawings -which would be the proper forum?

Carlos

I would say either the critiques or unveiling sections depending on what type of feedback you would like. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Thanks Mary,

BTW your website is almost as beautiful as your artwork -and that's coming from an artist who designs graphic user interfaces for a living :)

Thanks Carlos, but I can't take credit for the site. Fellow forum member Jennifer Geary did that. Now if I can just get some of that old stuff off of there and replace with new, I will be much happier. Unfortunately, (for me that is) she is on maternity leave with her new twins and I am not familiar enough with Dreamweaver to do it myself. :bewildere

Mary,

I know what you mean about wanting to remove old work. There are things I don't want anyone to see after a while. ;)

Dreamweaver is a good HTML editing tool -not hard to use, although you'll need to know HTML if you want to do any serious work. But if all you want to do is delete and replace to an existing template you can use it almost like Word. If you want, I can guide you through the process.

just email me: [email protected]

carlos

Ha, I actually am downright embarrassed by some of it, some of that I never meant to have there. It just got stuck in there when she was creating the site to show me the "plan". Be careful what you offer, I just may hunt you down.

Carlos, welcome aboard. This site and all the many generous and talented artists here provide a font of information and encouragement. Glad you've joined us.

Dreamweaver editing not hard at all -let me know if you need help.

Carlos ;)

Hi Carlos,
A hearty welcome from this fellow medium-minority artist as well. I look forward to seeing your additional posts. You can place them in the Drawing Critique section (if you want them critiqued, that is) or in the Member Portraits from Life section (if they are drawn from life and you do not wish them critiqued).

(Edit) Oh, never mind, I see you have posted them in the Unveilings section. Terrific job.

Mary, if you are totally unfamiliar with web editing, you may want to start with Microsoft FrontPage. It is extremely easy to learn and use and will make Dreamweaver much easier to move up to when you feel the need to get a little more creative.

Heidi, Valerie and everyone else -thanks for making me feel so welcome.

Good point, Heidi, MS FrontPage is the best webpage editer for a beginner.

BTW, could someone tell me how often I should post to 'unveilings' ? -I don't want to flood that forum.