Colored Pencil on Toned Pastel Paper

Prismacolor Colored Pencils on Light Blue Pastel Paper
12" x 20"
2006
by Cheyenne Hale

This was my beautiful little Marilyn. She was a wonderful kitty.

Siamese Self-Portrait

Siamese Self-Portrait

Acrylic, Mica, Pastel Pencil, Graphite, and Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas
18" x 28"
2010

July 2010 - I entered this painting at a competition, won second place.
(This was also the day that I found out I was pregnant, thus the smile)

At the "Ionia Art Prize"

Four Panel Prismacolor Colored Pencil/Art Stix Self-Portrait 2004-2010

Four Panel Prismacolor on Pastel Paper (Total: 44" x 60")

I used Prismacolor Pencils and Art Stix on Canson Mi Tientes Pastel Paper (color: Moonstone). The edges are distressed - torn, and lightly painted with acrylic wash. I started this piece in 2004, but due to college course demands, followed by more than a few moves and frequent job changes, I was interrupted, and didn't get around to finally finishing this piece until 2010. I'm currently looking into framing options for this piece.

Panel 1

Detail of Panel 1

Panel 1 Detail

Panel 2

Panel 3

Detail of Panel 3

Panel 4

Panel 4 Detail

Some Older Oil and Acrylic Paintings

I started working on canvas when I was about twelve years old. I started out with tempera and acrylic paint and started using oil paints a couple of years later. These paintings are from 1996-2001, so I was only 13-18 when I did these. I still have a few of these paintings. (Above painting, oil on canvas board, 1999)

My first tempera painting. 1996

Oil on Canvas 1998

Tempera on canvas. 1998

Oil on Canvas Board. 1999

Oil on Canvas Board. 1999

Oil on Canvas Board. 2001
(Below: Details, showing the beautiful texture)

Tempera on Canvas Board. 1996

Oil on Canvas. 1999

Still Life Drawings and Paintings

Watercolor Body Jewelry Still Life

Pencil Still Life Drawing

Pencil Still Life

Self Portrait Pencil Life Drawing

Color Pencil and Pastel on Toned Paper Still Life

Colored Pencil on Black Paper Still Life

Watercolor and Acrylic Ink Wash Paintings

After I left college, I continued to use watercolor, and I started mixing my own custom acrylic ink, combining mica pigments with acrylic mediums and paint. All of these paintings were done between 2006 and 2009. The above painting was created with acrylic ink wash over rough-press watercolor paper. It has a shimmer effect when light hits it just right.

Self Portrait in Blue Watercolor/

Self Portrait in Acrylic Ink Wash

Self Portrait in Watercolor

Acrylic Ink Wash on Canvas

Acrylic Ink Wash on Canvas

Watercolor Paintings from Landscape and Nature Studies

I started using watercolor when I took a landscape painting class. These are some of the paintings that I did while I was enrolled in that class back in 2001. Fortunately, I had spent years watching my mother paint with watercolor prior to taking the class, which was much more beneficial than the lousy five minute half-assed tutorials the professor gave. Maybe had she spent a fraction of the time she spent promoting her cafe during class time on improving her art, she wouldn't have been such a hack. Lol...seriously, class was like a commercial for the over-priced cafe that was located in the lobby of our school.