August 1 — December 1
Contest 2023 Winners!

Results of the latest contest. I am so sorry I missed a few when the contest closed. If it was difficult to enter, please let me know so I can improve for next time. I needed to keep it fair and simple. As it stands, I had 4 entries, and I couldn’t decide so they all won! Yes, one might say that is insane but I say “NO, I just enjoy being old.”
These were all experiments with the new French paper, Pastelmat. I purchased it a while ago. It is so wonderful but very difficult to work with. I have found that it bruises easily and being one who uses erasures for blending, I felt like I was going insane. Need to learn more and practice more but here are the results:

This is Finn. He lives in Bemidji MN and kept his mom company during the Covid times. When I saw this guy, I just felt happy. Background color: “Gris Fonce

Jasper was described as “20 pounds of cute” and I agree! Once again, I used the background color, “Gris Fonce'”.

Ms Kitty lives in Georiga. I could not resist her colors. I used the “Mias” background for her.

This is Orange patrolling the Squash Blossom Farm. I used the background”Buton D’or”.
Have you seen this guy? He was stolen and wants to come home!
