Artist Reply: Hi, talented Carliss. "Peixeiras" started as a challenge. More than 20 artists are involved in this project. There is a fantastic, succesful and very illustrative thread in General Discussion Boards about this subject. Peixeiras are women selling fish/seafood. PEIXE (Galician language)=PESCADO (Spanish)= FISH. PEIXEIRA is a woman that sells PEIXE.-----This one is the 4th drawing I made by using colored pencils. In the beginning I thought colored pencils were a kind of "toys for kids" until I saw Brigitte Hintner and Peter Kripgans' artwork. I always use rugous paper. Not sure about the result by using a glossy one. My advice: do a try and you'll adore colored pencils forever! :-) It's a contagious virus:-)))

Artist Reply: Something I'll never forgive you: Why did you hide your beautiful and talented Joana until now? :-)))

Artist Reply: Your comment made me smile, Cristina. I'm sure I was a drawer in another life. Perhaps I painted those bisons at Altamira caves:-) This means, I began to paint in Quaternary:-) No, my hand doesn't hurt. Actually, I only work 2-3 hours. The finished work took 10-15 hours. My secret to avoid the pain is: let your hand and wrist "dance", I mean, secure but soft movements; this way you haven't rigidity in your wrist. In the 80's, when I drew/painted HUNDREDS of fairy tales I used to draw/paint during 18 hours, taking break only to eat or take a cup of coffee. I never had pain in my hand or wrist. Yes: my secret WORKS! :-))) Thank you for your comment and visit here. Already working on my new projects... what about your Leiteiras and Afiadores? :-))))))

Artist Reply: Arigatou gozaimasu, Hiroshi :-)

Artist Reply: Thank you, Izabella. I posted your work as selfportrait because I liked it so much. It's the first abstract I post and it'll be there for a while. Before I posted works made by Kukua Akumanyi, Alan Zinn and few more I don't remember now (sorry!:-). AW members also posted portraits or caricatures I made for them. By the way you and Nikolay look SPLENDID as Peixeiros :-)))