Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

Pastel, 10 x 13
Day Three – revised
Day two of my studio vacation. I need to let this set a day or two to see what I want to change about it … maybe the lights along the street on the right side?

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I wonder if I am doing a disservice to a piece I started six months ago, when I finish it just to ‘get it done’. I started this last spring while participating in an art show at a local nursery. We kind of did the mad shopper bit, and ran around the place gathering [...]

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I posted this day before yesterday, and then realized (from a question by my sister) that the shadow stem was wrong, so had to correct that. This is the final of my “Pearathon” group. And I hope I finally got the plate done correctly! But I’m not tired of pears yet…

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Being a long-time computer user – I did key punch in the 70’s and bought my first computer in 1983  (Yes, a Commodore 64) – I am still a very unsophisticated rube incapable of being blasé about the Internet.
I think it is a fantastic and amazing library where I can instantly – and usually for [...]

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I started both of these yesterday and wasn’t pleased with either of them, so got up early today and worked on them more. My last acrylic was sometime in the 70’s, so it was definitely an exercise in trying something almost new. On the pastel one (No. 5), I tried using colors I [...]

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Pastel, 5×7

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My grocery store actually ran out of pears.  So my sister brought me three to draw / paint.  I did a pencil sketch last night of the small one, and got up early today to do a colored pencil drawing.

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My friend Leslie segued into writing for quite a while, but now she is back to art and has a lot of fresh pencil works (drawings, paintings, sketches, jewels) well worth a visit ! Click here to check out Leslie Hawes work, such as this amazing nectarine below ~ my mouth waters every time I [...]

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This is one of those little pieces that I just can’t quite decide if I like it or not.  And the thing that irks me is that I made a special trip to go find a dish like this, then it gives me all kinds of trouble.  Ingrate.
9/22: My friend Jo suggested a crop of [...]

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I finished this pastel a few days ago, but didn’t want to post it until the person for whom it was commissioned had received it. Thank goodness she liked it! She had sent me a few photos, and we had decided on the lake scene from Minnesota where she used to live.  [...]

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