"Moonlight's Desire" (Self-Portrait)
My name is Maria Gonzalez. I have been drawing ever since I can remember but it wasn't untill 10th grade when I took my first art class that I knew I would be doing this for the rest of my life in one form or another.
I get inspiration from everywhere. Nature, books, music and other artists but my greatest inspiration is my daughter.
I have always been a fan of fantasy art and started drawing fairies about 6 years ago. That grew into a love of drawing all things fantasy. I don't really follow any rules. I am pretty much self-taught and have learned through trial and error. I am still learning. I draw what I'm feeling and my paintings are a result of things I have been through in life, dreams I have had and worlds I make up in my mind to escape reality.
I paint mainly with watercolors, but I do occasionaly use acrylics. I also use watercolor pencil, micron pens, prisma color and iradescent watercolors. I like to paint on 140lb cold press watercolor paper and sizes range from 12"x16" to "2.5x3.5".
I hope you enjoy and come back often as there is always some faerie or beastie just nagging me to paint it and demanding it be shown to the world...
I get inspiration from everywhere. Nature, books, music and other artists but my greatest inspiration is my daughter.
I have always been a fan of fantasy art and started drawing fairies about 6 years ago. That grew into a love of drawing all things fantasy. I don't really follow any rules. I am pretty much self-taught and have learned through trial and error. I am still learning. I draw what I'm feeling and my paintings are a result of things I have been through in life, dreams I have had and worlds I make up in my mind to escape reality.
I paint mainly with watercolors, but I do occasionaly use acrylics. I also use watercolor pencil, micron pens, prisma color and iradescent watercolors. I like to paint on 140lb cold press watercolor paper and sizes range from 12"x16" to "2.5x3.5".
I hope you enjoy and come back often as there is always some faerie or beastie just nagging me to paint it and demanding it be shown to the world...
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