Andrew Ballstaedt

I haven't been able to spend as much time blogging as I would like these days.  My posts are backing up and all I can do is think about them as I try and organize my house.  I'm still waiting for the internet to be hooked up, but in the mean time I have been using my iPhone as a hot spot to access the internet on my computer.  It seems a little backwards but it works...

I was going through my collection of pictures and artists that inspire me the other day and came across Andrew Ballstaedt.  I became acquainted with his work last year on a trip to Logan Utah.  My best friend's sister had two of his paintings displayed in her house.  I think she may have known the artist personally but I can't quite remember.   I was so drawn to them, I would stand in front of them and study them.  It made me curious about the artist himself and wondered about his process.  I made sure to take a picture of his name so I wouldn't forget.  I tried to take photographs of the paintings themselves but they didn't turn out too well so I pulled a few images from his website.   

This is one of the paintings that was in the house.

I really liked how delicate and fine the lines appeared in Andrew's paintings.  So much so, I wanted to give it a try...

I think I need more practice drawing power lines!