Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

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1) When you start drawing, an apple or pear is one of the easiest things to attempt because you don’t have to capture the exact shape – a close approximate to the original will be fine, especially after you’ve eaten the fruit.
2) If you have a digital camera and are just starting [...]

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Austin skyline 091309

I love Austin.   I moved here back in 1975 when there were two tall buildings downtown, the black one and the gold one.  I worked in the gold one on 6th street, three blocks west of Congress. I went shopping at Scarbroughs and Yarings and Snyder-Chenards, had lunch at Woolworths and at Piccadilly [...]

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Yesterday, I had a perfect morning.  Sometimes we get just a few hours of what seems like perfection, and more often, just a moment.   I’m grateful for any, because they seem rare.  And to realize them, even more rare.

I was lucky enough to make one cup of very good coffee, and took it and [...]

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Pastel, 11×14
Finally done
Taking it to the Austin Pastel Society Show at NW Hills Gallery this morning…

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I>(this photo is closer to the original pastel than first photo posted)
I started this last week, while painting with my young neighbor, and finally made time to finish it this evening. Or close to being finished. This was from a photo I took of Southpark Meadows before all the stores were built.

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I’ve spent too much of my life telling myself that I will give myself a reward and finally paint or create some other type of art “after I finish… …cleaning house AND getting everything put away, working on taxes, organizing my office, filing all my papers, answering old emails, losing 20 pounds… and [...]

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I took just a little time today to work on this more and like the change on the pathways – more yet to be done though.

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Over the last few months, I’ve been curious about the history – evolution – style – trend of artists to paint in increasingly less detail and use fewer strokes in their pastels or oils.   I haven’t had a lot of time to research this or to experiment myself, but there was a good post [...]

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Not having much time right now to put into painting, I can steal a few minutes here and there to check out my favorite blogs…  and those artist’s favorite blogs.
Here is one I found today –
Andrea Joseph’s sketchblog
Wonderful, wonderful sketches.
And I found Andrea through
Rose Welty
who also loves to paint, draw and figured out [...]

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One of my friends from the Austin Pastel Society has a new blog – mikeetieart.blogspot.com – and a very nice art website
www.mikeetie.com
It will be well worth your time to visit and see his great landscapes.

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