Ballerinas in oil, acrylic ink and pastel

Oil painting of a ballet dancer in a lovely graceful pose

I seem to favor the impressionistic painting methods using painter's knife. 

May be that is the reason I seem to like Andre Kohn's paintings. 

This painting is from a picture of a lovely ballet dancer 

that I used to paint in an impressionistic style that Andre uses.
Something about ballet dancers, they seem to float in the air! It is a pleasure to watch them dance.

"En Pointe" Ballet Dancers in Lena Karpinsky's paintings

Ballet is one of Lena's favorite themes,

and "En Pointe" is one of the art series appreciated by many Lena's art collectors.

drawing ballerina with pastel part 1 

- Ballerina mit Pastellkreide malen Teil 1

drawing technique pastel on velour paper - Zeichentechnik in Pastell auf Velourpapier