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I found it! I found that lovely, rusty-orange pastel! The missing number is missing no more! It turns out that it isn’t orange, or rust. It’s Vermilion Brown. It’s as lovely as it’s name, and it’s number 78 on your Sennelier PDF color chart. Orange you glad I told you?
Now that I know what it […]
Over the last few weeks I’ve been watching my art supplies dwindle away, little by little. The 9 x 12 Wallis paper has been gone for a while, and that extra pad of 12 x 18 Belgian Mist was apparently not an extra. I’m almost out of workable fixative, but even more importantly, I’m running […]
Ballerina
Soft Pastel, 11 x 16
Oh dear, what happened here? Well, I was seeing some improvement in my work, so I decided to try another figure. Hehe. Okay, I confess, I did a couple of arms I was happy with, got cocky, and thought I could do a whole person.
I’ve heard that one must do at […]
One white pastel and 20 tints
When you paint, do you use white? Do you use it straight out of the tube? Do your paintings ever look washed out after adding those puffy white clouds to your landscapes? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I’ll let you in on a little secret I […]
Shell Seekers
Soft Pastel, 11 x 17
I love finding seashells. The best part about finding them is that I’m at the beach! Actually, the best part about finding seashells, is finding them at all. My husband usually beats me to it. Shells, sharks teeth, arrowheads, four-leaf clovers… you name it, he finds it!
Of course, I don’t […]
Today, I spent some time cleaning up the studio. The biggest task was cleaning off all the pastels I’ve been using. The next task was getting my last three pastels put away so they don’t get damaged. But before I could do that, I was going to have to fix one of them first.
I wasn’t […]
Original
Revised
I’ve made some revisions to the Vetheuil pastel. I was fascinated by the pink roof found in another version, and by the cover of one of my books which has a much darker picture on the cover. They were very influential in the creation of this piece. You can click on the thumbnails for larger […]
Rainbow Racers
Soft Pastel, 9 x 17
I have something a little different for you today. It’s another landscape, but there’s not one tree in it. If you like however, you can pretend the green one is a tree.Technorati Tags: artwork, soft pastel, motorcycle, race
Golden Eyes
Soft Pastel, 15 x 12
Does your artwork experience growth? Mine often experiences horrific growth. What I mean by that, is that it keeps getting bigger and bigger, not better and better. This isn’t as bad as I thought, but my goodness that’s a large head.
I thought about getting bigger paper, but I’ve done that […]
Don’t Call Me Garfield
Soft Pastel, 12 x 15
Original Photo: Kenn Kiser
I’m back! With a tiger!! Isn’t he sweet? Looks like somebody had breakfast before today’s photo shoot. I love the deep oranges. Orange you glad he’s only a paper tiger? Grrrin.
I still haven’t added a signature, and there are a couple of minor things I’m […]
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