I had a few hours to get into the studio today, and thought this would be a great chance to revisit this wonderful potted begonia. It has been bringing a touch of spring to my studio for the last few weeks. I really needed it today. The high here in Minnesota didn’t reach much above [...]
pastel painting
I’ve been digging through my boxes of pastels to find colors that I can use to unify areas of the painting. To do this, I try to find a color that can be applied to a few different objects. An example would be the light blue that I was able to use in the background, [...]
Today I thought it would be great to have another dose of spring. I have loved forsythia since I was a kid. I have some great memories of a forsythia bush that we had in our backyard that you could actually crawl inside of. It was like being surrounded by sunshine! This is a work in [...]
Please click here for purchase information on this painting When I woke up this morning, it was 10 degrees below zero. I decided that I couldn’t dwell on how cold it was since I was nice and warm in my studio. Instead, decided to focus on the summer yet to come with this little pastel [...]
The painting above began life quite a bit different from how it looks today. I painted it in the summer of 2006. It is painted on a Gatorboard panel that was prepped with an under-painting of magenta liquid acrylic and a layer of pumice gel, both from Golden. I took this painting all the way [...]
Today’s post is a pastel painting done on a homemade panel. I started with a sheet of Gatorboard. I toned it with Golden Liquid acrylic in a Payne’s gray. Next, a layer of pumice gel is applied with a 2″ brush. The great thing with these panels, is the texture left behind. The peaks and valleys from [...]
