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Tag: pastels
Perfumed Peonies in Connecticut
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 […]
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 […]
People
Have been attending a portrait session each week for a couple of months now. Very challenging, love the concentration time and not every week produces a good painting. Here is a sample of some that I worked on a little once I returned to the studio. I tend to refine for a couple of days […]
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 […]
Solo Show In Lexington, MA
From February to March 2014 only come see Anne Healey’s work at The Minute Shop. Anne Healey’s new Patriot series is ambitious and exciting. Using the unique period reenactments of our area as her models, she’s developed a series of pastel paintings which bring the past to life with a fresh contemporary feel. Her dynamic […]