[Jimmie Arroyo]

You have raised the bar for pastels. Thanks a LOT!!!

Uhh, you're welcome? Now all I need to do is stress over making the next one better! and the next one, and the next one,.....

Sharon, thank you. I always go to the Degas rooms every time I visit the Met. IMO, it's the purest, most beautiful collection there.

I hope you see what everyone else is seeing here, because we're seeing gold, my friend.

Thanks, but that's EXACTLY what I'm always thinking when someone likes my work. Why do other people like it, and why don't I see it? I wonder if it's mainly technique, is it a connection to the model? I usually look at my work and wonder if I would like it if I did'nt do it. There are many pieces by other artist's that I like that I can't explain.

The blue of her shirt (a great blue, by the way) looks to be the same blue of the moon tattoo. Since these things overlap, there is a bit of confusion at first glance. Perhaps the tat (since it's small) could be a slightly different temperature blue?

I chuckled when you said "a great blue" because, holy cow, I used so many different colors before finally coming up with the shirt. Burnt orange, few shades of ultramarine, cobalt, grays. Ughh.

Anyhoo, I was planning on graying the tattoo a bit, I agree about it running into the shirt.

I posted a couple of pics on my site under "current work" showing a pic from the near beginning till now, and it's a big difference.

Thanks all.