I made a deal with myself to finally enter a couple of national shows. It is always a very scary, intimidating thing to put yourself out there, open to critical review. But I did it, three times in 2019 in three separate national juried shows. Yay! Three pieces in the Pastel Society for Southeast Texas […]
Category: Pastel Bytes
Exciting news!
I am very excited to tell you all about this. Not only are Mark and I headed up to Mass to visit our daughter for her birthday, we are also visiting Mass because I got into a show! Yes, that’s right. The piece below is the one that was juried into the PPSCC (Pastel Painters […]
Happy Fourth!
Hope that you all had a great Fourth of July. I know I certainly did spending some time with family, good friends, and painting. Missing the beach up in Mass and can’t wait to head there this Wednesday. Gotta start packing and make sure I fit my pastels in so I can paint at the […]
Mowry on Unified Color
Unified Color – Reflections on an an exercise proposed by Elizabeth Mowry, PSA. For more details on the original exercise I would recommend purchasing a second hand copy of this publication. The title is: The Pastelists’ Year, see pages 36 through 39. Sadly, this book is currently out of print but you might find it […]
Getting involved in my local pastel society! January 2017.
So, we moved to Houston, Texas a little over two years ago and to try to find ‘my people’ I searched local art societies for Pastel and for life drawing sessions. Success was swift. I found a little gem, the PSST or Pastel Society of Southeast Texas. I went to their meetings, I volunteered to […]
Mark Making: practical, technical, fun:)
Thanks for glancing at this blog. It will be very informative and brief, to the point of ridiculousness. It’s called Pastel Bytes. These little gems will be about the practical technical aspects of pastel painting, drawing or the bones of painting, art history from Leonardo to Banksy, a spotlight of a current Pastelist’s work, and a […]
Don’t forget the cornmeal
Best way to clean my pastels? Goya Enriched Fine Yellow Cornmeal or Harina de Maiz, Amarillo Fina Enriquecida en Espanyol. Always give my pastels a cornmeal bath after a painting. Then I am set up to work on my next painting. I really wanted to substitute masterpiece for painting but not everything I do […]
Pastel Bytes:
First Ever Blog Post… Thanks for glancing at this blog. It will be very informative and brief, to the point of ridiculousness. It’s called Pastel Bytes. These little gems will be about the practical technical aspects of pastel painting, drawing or the bones of painting, art history from Leonardo to Banksy, a spotlight of a current […]