The Latest DGWGO featured artist is ‘Helen Foster’ a pastel artist born, bred and educated in the Muckle Toon . Helen is our Miss July, and here is the her story and some examples of her work that she has very kindly shared with DGWGO for you to all see .
Helen Told DGWGO –
” I am a self taught pastel artist based in Langholm, Dumfriesshire.”
“I have always had a passion for drawing but over the years ‘living life’ got in the way and I only returned back to my pastel drawing last October, 25 years after leaving Secondary School Langholm Academy, before which I attended Langholm Primary School as a Young child . ”
“When I initially started drawing again I started doing a few family portraits, then the family pets were next. After sharing these first pictures on Facebook I was asked if I would do some commission work.”
“Ever since that day I have been getting regular commissions to draw everything from pets to scenery to buildings. Although I have to add, pets do seem to be the most popular.
Many people ask me how long it takes to do a pastel drawing? Well that’s the big question it can take anything from 6 hours to 15 hours it purely depends on the picture subject.
I do love a challenge and spend most of my weekends drawing pastel on paper which makes it hard to get out and about. However, I do make the effort of having some free weekends so I can take a trip out in the region and just get snap happy with my camera.”
“Most of the scenes I have drawn are local to me in Langholm, but, I do hope to get out more into the wider region and be inspired to draw other places.”
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“I have also just published a 2015 calendar of some of my work which is on sale now , this can be ordered by contacting me on my website at http://www.helenspastelportraits.co.uk/home.html ”
” Things are becoming very exciting for me as I am receiving more and more interest in my art work with more commissions being booked………….who knows what the future may bring? ”
You can find out more about Helen by following her on her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/helenspastelportraits
