Pastel portrait, and my first post.

[Michele Rushworth]

Right now I am working on a little girls bedroom, more decorative painting than a mural on this one, and all of my work has been interior murals, so unless you know someone I have painted for, you probably haven't seen them. I am teaching drawing classes at the Michael's ...

This piece shows you can do exceptionally good work and it sounds like your talent is being vastly underutilized!

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Originally Posted by James McDowell

This is my first post here and my first pastel portrait ever.

What a beautiful portrait James. It surely doesn't look like a first pastel ever.

Hope to see more of your work here.

[James McDowell]

Thanks David.

Michelle, I agree with you about some of the work that I'm hired to do, but.... gotta pay the bills.

Bonfim, thank you! I have a LOT of experience with graphite so I think that gave me an edge starting with pastels.

-James