Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

Sketch done as a drawing exercise (and for fun!) along with other artists for Virtualsketch

Derwent colored pencil on the backside of Mi-Teintes black paper, measures 8.5″W x 6.5″H.
The photo is close to the original, but not quite as intense.  Please go to Virtualsketch blog to see all artists sketches!

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Out back in the wonderful evening light, about four and twenty black birds came to visit and bathe…
 

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One of my neighbors came over to draw this afternoon, so we drew an apple today…………

(and if you put the word “apple” in the search box to the right, all apple-related posts will show up.)

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I was out and about with my art friend Sally today and we saw these great red flowers in central Austin. Anyone know what they are?  (Thank you, Leslie – Schoolhouse lillies, she says!!)

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Sometimes I look at various framed pieces of art that I did several years ago – and still have on my walls – and see so many things I want to change. Colors that I wish I had chosen differently, a pastel stroke (or many) here or there that I should have omitted or applied, [...]

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When I was in high school, my family had land outside of Kalkaska, Michigan. At the back of the property was a circle of trees where I liked to go and sit in the very center where the ferns grew and it was cool and quiet. I now live in Texas and used to [...]

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I drove to North Carolina with my sister and drew an imaginary road back home from the views I saw along the way in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana….

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I just love clouds. I carry my camera at all times, mainly to photograph trees and clouds. These are a few of my photos of clouds from the last month here in Austin Texas:

Their variety is astounding. Clouds are the “Impressionism” of the Earth’s r’epertoire of art.

To see [...]

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We visited the Congress Street Bridge (actually Ladybird Lake) at sunset last week and got some photos of the bats as they took off for the evening. I doubt that I would ever try to paint this, but it was a great sunset and so many bats it was unbelievable!  If you’d like more [...]

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I just finished this and framed it because I wanted to have a new painting for my show at Barnes & Noble. And the book I used to prop it up after I framed it was… Seurat! I love his paintings, but wouldn’t want to work along those lines too much.
It looks darker on screen [...]

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