Kickstarter Portrait Video - Tonja Sell

Self in Acrylic

                                                    Acrylic on canvas - self portrait

kickstarter

This is a promotional video for our recently launched kickstarter project. 

Glass-blowing for kickstarter project

I am resolved to be a better blogger!  This is a video of some of my art and my kids glassblowing.  We have just launched a kickstarter project.  I hope you like it!  if you do please share it!  Many of the incentives I am offering can be seen at www.tonjasell.webnode.com  Thanks for looking!

Ennyman's Territory: Five Shows and More Than 65 Artists

Ennyman's Territory: Five Shows and More Than 65 Artists: I don't mean to gush, but last night's art events and gallery hop were truly over the top. You would think Northlanders would have the good...

Step 5: Drawing Process

Step 5:  Drawing Process-  Further refining of details.  This step is the slowest.  Checking and checking again, comparing sizes and shapes against one another until I am satisfied that they are correct.  I work all around the piece carrying the color throughout.  I am thinking very much about contrast and balancing of shapes and pattern, busy areas and open.  Texture is also important to me.  I want to retain some texture from previous layers and blend others.  The layering of pastel can cause a glow- almost a look/feel of "vibration."

Step 4

Step 4:  Drawing Process- Further resolution.  Focusing on accurate features and layering of color on which to build final colors and skin tone as well as pattern.

Step 3: drawing process

                     Step 3:  Beginning to add soft pastels, further refining and building color and form.

Step 2- drawing process

                                Step 2:  Process of refining form and figure, building color and detail.

                                         Step 1.   Loose sketch, wash with oils thinned with turps.

Final Stages

This is a detail of a pastel drawing on Wallis sanded paper.  I show the progression of the approach in other blog posts on the site.

New Work - Sculpture

I will be posting a variety of work in progress showing various stages of development.  This is a low fire red body clay glazed with vitreous slip, low fired then embellished with blown glass, and freshwater pearls.