Starrpoint

Drawing and Painting; Sketching and trying to be an active, working artist, and how they relate to my personae, Starrpoint. That person the web invented

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Orange Roses, a Beginning

This winter has been long, cold and snowy. Not at all pleasant. However, the sun room has been just that. Sunny. I love working there in...

Monday, February 26, 2018

Flowers for Still Life

One of the nice things about holiday flowers is that they all go on sale the day after. So the day after any holiday, but especially St...

Monday, February 12, 2018

White Rose

Today is bright and sunny after weeks of dull, gray snowy skies. I am working on color correcting my white rose drawing. How do you c...

Monday, February 5, 2018

Working Petal by Petal

Erasing the grid lines from each petal as I work it--locating and isolating each in turn. I am trying to work building the gradual blending...

Monday, January 29, 2018

White on White on White

Working on the white rose. Just as with paints brands, colored pencil names and colors will vary from brand to brand. Light blue from one ...

Monday, January 22, 2018

Starting New Colored Pencil Drawings

I am starting several new colored pencil drawings. Working on very toothy papers, I do not tend to draw free hand directly on my support. ...

Monday, June 5, 2017

Critique: Small Round Pot

My niece sent me a snapshot of her sketch of a small round pot with the text “drawing round things is hard!” I can see t...

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About Me

Starrpoint: Susan Tschantz (my secret Idenity) worked as a mechanical drafter in the mineral processing industry. She has 10 years experience in producing exacting drawings for manufacture and building. Susan also has training in graphic design. She has used this training in the production of training and service manuals as well as producing Standard Operating Procedures and training materials. Starting her career on the board, she quickly moved to CAD drafting as the industry changed, using several drafting software packages. She began with early DOS versions of AutoCAD and has progress through AutoCAD 2007. She also has experience with illustration software such as CorelDraw and Corel PhotoPaint, as well as desktop publishing. She teaches Fine Arts at the Renaissance Art Gallery. Shows frequently, and Serves on the Board of Directors of the Renaissance Art Gallery in Huntington, WV as well as is a member of the Tri-State Art Association and member of the Huntington Art Museum.

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