I love drawing with limited palette. It’s a great exercise in coming up with colors for which I don’t have a pencil. It eliminates the agony of going through a hundred and a half colored pencils trying to figure out which ones to layer (and in which order!) to get what I want. And as […]
Author: Yelena Shabrova
Digital collage with a blackbird
6 x 6 x 6 show at the Alberta Street Gallery closed
Last Traces of Fog – my 12 x 16 cm contribution to #TAE20
New Blossoms for the 6 x 6 x 6 show at the Alberta Street Gallery
Corvallis Fall Festival 2019
My insect themed garden sculpture collection is gradually expanding for no good reason. I do not collect this kind of art and not in love with insects beyond appreciating them in general. Still, two years ago a metal dragonfly by Doug Moore practically inserted itself into my hand, then my neighbor gifted me with a […]
“Fortitude” juried into the 2019 Beaverton Arts Mix!
Fortitude ~ Prismacolor colored pencil on drawing paper, 9″ x 6″
Daydreaming ~ colored pencil on drawing paper ~ 9″ x 6″Nameless rose – work in progress
This is my first experience with Polychromos, and I probably would not splurge on them if lovely people from the Campbell Artists’ Guild haven’t sent me a very generous Blick gift card for looking after their website. It’s too early to see where these pencils stand in comparison to other brands I’ve tried. Updated June […]
Silent auction for the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce
“Changing Colors” is going to the silent auction at the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce annual celebration night on February 23 at the Pioneer Community Center. The auction is going to help support the Chamber. OCCC is very supportive of arts in the local community, of TRAG where I am a member, and of events […]
Beaverton – Your Art Moment series 2019
Two of my drawings, Newborn and Sun Kissed, have been accepted into the first quarter of this new year-long, daily series showcasing artworks via social media to inspire the community to take a moment to reflect and appreciate art and artists. I love the idea and am pretty happy to be a part of this […]
Tsunago: the pencil sharpener that creates a never-ending pencil
The biggest problem with pencils is that you can never use all of them. There are always leftover stubs that become too small for your hand and must be thrown out. It may be not a big deal with graphite, but what about colored pencils that can be quite expensive? I learned to split the […]
Before the light ~ sketch done with black Faber-Castell PITT and white Gelli Roll pens on Strathmore toned gray paper, 6″ x 4″ [SOLD]
Finished this during last weekend’s Holiday Art Show. It’s my first experience with the Strathmore gray toned paper, and because art shows tend to be busy, I chose a subject that allowed me to work in short spurts without losing focus. Loved small darker fibers in the paper, they add to the look of the […]