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Working an oldie 24x18 sketch while my husband curses out the dry wall he’s putting in our bathroom remodel 😏. Headphones are necessary at this juncture. #sketch #abstractart #abstractfigurative #charcoal #pastel #bathroomremodel #art #artwork #author #writer #artist #jumperbook #kelliethomaswalker #contemporaryart #gallery #fineart

“Re-assignment”

“Re-assignment” 14x11 charcoal/pastel #art #drawing #illustration #expressionism #figurativeart #artwork #artist #abstractfigurative #kelliethomaswalker #author #writing #amquerying #books #jumperbook #fantasybooks #gallery #contemporaryart #writer

“I Watched You Disappear”

Pastel/charcoal 24x17. “I Watched You Disappear”. Disappear is a sad word, isn’t it? It means to vanish, poof! Gone. #sketch #figurativeart #figurativeartist #figurativesketch #kelliethomaswalker #jumperbook #author #artist #art #contemporaryart #drawing #fantasybooks #charcoaldrawing #disappear

blanked out her face, and started the re-paint. I kept her nose though. Also darkened her hair, and brought her skin back to grey like the sculpture. #repaint #paint #painting #brushwork #portraitart #figurativeart #artwork #artist #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #artstudio #kelliethomaswalker #numperbook #author #fantasybooks #scifibooks #figurativeartist #gallery

Face work

Fine line brush work. Artist tip for hand cramping: two capsules of tumeric daily #brushwork #brush #painting #figurativeart #figurativepainting #figurativeartist #art #artwork #artist #author #writer #jumperbook #kelliethomaswalker #figurativeabstract #contemporaryart #fantasybook #gallery #artcollector

Untitled

Untitled 14x24 charcoal/pastel #drawing #sketch #sketching #illustration #art #artwork #author #artist #writer #fantasybooks #kelliethomaswalker #jumperbook #gallery #fineart #figurativeart #figurativeartist

I Can Hear You

“I Can Hear You” 24x28 charcoal/pastel. Art should tell you a story, or at least prompt one. #sketch #drawings #figurativeart #figurativeartist #art #author #artist #kelliethomaswalker #jumperbook #fantasybook #expressionism #artgallery #artwork

Angel #3

More work on my 4ft angel #kelliethomaswalker #art #jumperbook #artwork #artist #writer #author #fantasywriter #angel #figurativeart #painting #angelwings #modernart #illustration #fineart #gallery

Gray Scale

figurative abstract, part of my Guardian series. Started this week, along with working the cemetery angel and writing of course. Black&white/gray scale. #kelliethomaswalker #jumperbook #author #artist #writer #art #figurativeart #artstudio #artwork #fictionbooks #fantasybooks #abstractart #gallery #artgallery #fineart #paintings

“Right By You”

This is the true joy in life: being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”

~ George Bernard Shaw #drawing #sketch #life #art #artwork #writer #artist #lifeskills #author #jumperbook #fantasybooks #artgallery #artoftheday #georgebernardshaw #literaryfiction

Jupiter & Saturn

Since I can remember I’ve been nuts about our universe. I’ve been studying it for fun my entire life. Last night we brought out our Celestron to check out Jupiter & Saturn. Jupiter will remain close until December. 2nd image I had to lighten, never use a flash when using a telescope or look at a bright phone. 2nd pic is my daughter Kam.

We were able to see Jupiter’s moons, and stripes, and Saturn’s rings and pastel color was brilliant. I messed around and spied the sky randomly while my husband picked up youngest up from a football game. We live in the suburbs, so visibility was poor. #telescope #astronomy #jupiter #saturn #celestron #skyguideapp #kelliethomaswalker

Live to tell.

Live to tell, or tell how to live. The choice is yours. Character Marie Quill from my novel JUMPER #art #author #artist #jumperbook #sketch #drawing #scifi #scifibooks #artwork #amquerying #amwriting #kelliethomaswalker #amazonbooks #barnesandnoble #fiction #fantasybooks #timetravel #sketchbook #mustread #targetbooks

One week in, and so much more work to go.im trying to be patient with myself. #artprocess #workinprogress #art #artwork #artist #figurativeart #figurativepaintings #writer #author #jumperbook #scifibooks #kelliethomaswalker #artgallery #contemporaryart #angel #angelart

“Right By You”

“Right By You” started today. 24x28 charcoal/pastel sketch. It’ll probably be finished this week one of my primary objectives is to grab my viewer or reader with a gut punch 🤛🏼 #workinprogress #art #artist #writer #author #sketch #jumperbook #kelliethomaswalker #contemporaryart #gallery #artwork #charcoaldrawing #drawing #figurativeartist #portraitart

New Angel based on a Cemetery Sculpture in Italy

Started a 48”x36” angel based on a cemetery angel located in Italy. When I begin a figurative painting I always start with the eyes. It’s also another depiction of the painting that is mentioned in my book JUMPER.

Over the past year I’ve been studying sculpture to enhance my knowledge in painting and drawing. Cemetery sculptures have hypnotized me. To my knowledge America doesn’t have an extensive amount of cemetery sculpture art, however, I have read that New Orleans does. Feel free to PM me if you have any tips where I can study cemetery sculpture.

#angel #angelart #angelpainting #figurativeart #art #kelliethomaswalker #artist #modernart #writer #author #jumperbook #cemetaryangels

JUMPER Book Series

Target.com, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. —Writing the second novel in my JUMPER series #amwriting #author #artist #writer #jumperbook #scifibook #fantasybooks #fiction #amazonbooks #barnesandnoble #targetbooks #kelliethomaswalker #book

Halloween Is Near

Even though we’re in the middle of a wretched heat wave, Halloween is next month! I adore fall. Each season I sketch figures from my favorite Halloween inspired movies like Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and the list goes on.

I am growing pumpkins in my front yard, much to the demise of my husband, but he deals with it the best he can. I have two large breed pumpkins growing and 3-4 midsize.

Also, my art and name will be on a LA billboard sometime in the fall, and hopefully that will gain me some publicity. Here’s a Jack Skellington I’m working on. 🎃

Creating star clusters with paint

Creating star clusters, takes a different approach than sketching. I splatter thinned out titanium white paint (soft body and add in some larger dots with thick body. Let dry, then using 2/3 gel medium mix a dab of Phalo blue until it’s HIGHLY transparant. You want to see the star. Then, take a Uber fine tip brush, I use the fine line ones for face detail, and circle it around each star, use your finger to drag it outward. It doesn’t need to be even, the 4th image is a real photo of the Pleiades star cluster and there. art #stars #astro #astronomy #artwork #painting #artist #pleaides #modernart #artgallery #kelliethomaswalker

August heat UGH

August is my birthday month, and it’s always HOT hot hot. We have a split ac unit, but it has been warm. I haven’t been motivated to work on my book, so I’m letting my art take the lead.

Here’s two large 24x18 sketches I’ve been working on for a while.

“Rise”

“Rise” work in progress. Her leg position needs adjustment. Figurative expression is beautiful in its simplicity. #workinprogress #art #artstudio #artist #figurativeart #figurativepainting #movement #artwork #figurativeartist #figurativeexpressionism #kelliethomaswalker #goldleaf #artgallery #modernart