Pastel on paper A small part of our household goods arrived last week including my pastels, some paints, panels and paper. Great delight to be reunited with them, followed by a more than a little trepidation and procrastination. There is only so much alternative living (where you do the alternative rather than doing what you…
Read MoreStill playing with the red paper and reflections in the glass topped table. Using red paper has been a real test for me, pushes your way of thinking way of center and away from what you thought stood true. I’ve just ordered some other coloured papers and it will be interesting to see how they…
Read Morepastel on paperI have been in an artistic ditch for a while but hoping that is past now and that I am back into the groove.This was quite fun to do and I limited myself just to catching the way the light fell and not letting myself get too caught up in the extraneous details…
Read MoreI haven’t posted for quite a while – suffering with daily headaches has dammed my artistic flow somewhat. I fell in love with some pastels that Michael Newberry did on red paper and as I had some in store its been kind of lurking out there that I might play with this a little. This…
Read Morepastel on paper I was struck by the shadows from the bars at the windows. The light that came through the glass was much cooler than the light that came through the open door. Linda Blondheim gave me this blog award – Big smile! I really enjoy Linda’s blog. Her honesty about her art experiences…
Read MoreHalf of my birthday present arrived today – yes I know its late but better late than never. A lovely box of hard pastels. I just love the way these colours all look in the box. Now I have to figure out how to use them! I’ve read some interesting techniques lately and I want…
Read MorePastel on Paper Normally when I set up a still life I clear everything else out the way. I’m not sure why but I have seldom done a still life with multiple objects. Today I dared myself to just switch on the lamp and draw what was just sitting there. So here you have it.…
Read Morepastel, 25″ x 19″ I think this is the end of the road for this poor orange – its beginning to dry out and shrink around the edges!
Read More25″ x 19″, pastel on paper I posted this a couple of hours ago and have come back to add a little writing after spending an evening doing research on blogging, feeds (RSS versus Atom), marketing and generally getting tied up in knots not knowing how to make the next step. A lot of wonderful…
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