Mary Opat Art: charcoal drawing

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

I was surprised and happy when I found out that I received the

first place ribbon in the drawing category at the Gilbert Visual

Art League juried show and sale. The exhibition will be hanging at the

Gilbert Historical Museum Gallery through March 24th.

I've seen this gentleman several times at the Superstition Mountain

Museum working as the Blacksmith. This drawing was done

using one of my photos as reference.

"Blacksmith" Charcoal Drawing by

Arizona Artist Mary Opat

14" x 18" Charcoal and Conte` on Paper

This drawing is with the framer and will be entered in the

annual Gilbert Visual Art League Juried Show and Sale. We spent a great deal

of time picking out the three mat colors and just the right frames for "Blacksmith

and "A Moment for Thanks". It will be fun to see the finished products in

a couple of weeks. These last two drawings

have been enjoyable and I've decided to do more. My oil paintings are are

original and aren't available in print, but I've decided to make

my future drawings available in print form through Fine Art America.

Stay tuned for more figurative and animal drawings!

Life is Art...Paint Your Dreams!

" A Moment for Thanks"

"A Moment for Thanks" Figurative Charcoal Drawing by

Arizona Artist Mary Opat

14" x 18" Charcoal on Paper

The photo used as reference in this drawing was taken by my good friend

Jean Smith. The lighting on the subject and pose made the composition

an easy decision. I used charcoal on a greenish-gray blue charcoal paper.

Quite a lot of the blue tones come through in the beard and hair. It

helps to give the look of white hair in the cool shadow areas.
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Life is Art...Paint Your Dreams!