Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

We have a lot of beautiful cardinals here in Texas, but I took a photo of this particular little guy during a snow storm in North Carolina. He was very squat and fat and puffed up, trying to withstand the cold, I guess.

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When I think about why we should continue to put forth the effort to recycle cans and glass and paper, to cut our vehicle emissions, to carry our own reusable grocery bags, to endeavor to turn back the clock on the damage we have done our planet. . . . .  I [...]

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The directions say to post on Saturday, but I finished this tonight and if I don’t do it now, I probably won’t remember to post it.   Virtual Sketch Link November

I love trees – drawing, painting, watching trees. This was done with a mechanical pencil on acid-free card stock. It took about two hours.  [...]

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I’ve seen a lot of searches to this site about ” how to sketch a flower “, and I’d like to help you find one of the best step-by-step illustrations I’ve seen. It’s by a friend of mine, Leslie Hawes, on her blog www.lesliehawes.com and is from one of the virtual sketch exercises. [...]

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If you are an artist viewing this website, I would love to hear your thoughts on what you enjoy most about creating art.
The anticipation, the preparation, the actual creation or the final contemplation?  (sorry…  I got kind of caught up in how those words wove together). Or do you enjoy some other aspect [...]

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this is my piece for the October Virtual Sketch – once again I kind of ran out of time, so feel like I rushed it. Vowing to commit more time at an earlier time next time …

Soft Pastel done on super fine sand paper, measures 8″ x 5″

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I’ve enjoyed this a lot, taking my time and not rushing it.

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as of 7pm, during three separate breaks from  work and trotting out to my studio, checking my progress on this piece over my shoulder in a mirror, slowly liking the bottom section more. Not quite there.  Ready for any suggestions.

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I stole half an hour today (my busiest day of the month!) to work on the sky a little – but I hope to have this done in a few days.

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I did an experiment today – starting a new piece and as I progressed, taking photos every time I thought of it. I wanted to see for myself how I work on a pastel – to see if there was a method or logic or style. Generally, I think of my work pattern as scattered [...]

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