Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

This is my first attempt at an auction other then Ebay – I really like the DailyPaintWorks website so far, and they are quick to get back with you if you have a question. So here it is, if you’d like to view the auction page or just see their site View Sunset Painting [...]

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My husband took this photo, and my present for myself today was to take time to paint an 8×10 of this wonderful sunset.

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Pastel, 8×10
I wanted to start and finish a painting today. I haven’t got to use my wonderful studio hardly at all recently, so I intend to start making up for it now.

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I started all three of these around the same time, but wasn’t happy with the appearance of the tiger. Now he is done and much happier with his fiery fierceness.
TIGER FIRE, Pastel, 13″x13″

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The pastel version of “Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream,” one of the world’s most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, setting a new record as the MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF ART EVER SOLD at auction.”
WOO-HOO!!! See article here.

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I saw this lovely little Gala apple today at the grocery with a leaf still attached, so bought it just to draw…
I generally try to draw it quickly first a time or two, just to get the general shape down. One of my art instructors told me that curved lines are actually best expressed [...]

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Now that I’m older
do I hide my dancing
behind curtained windows,
pretend rock n’ roll
doesn’t still stir my soul
Now that I’m wider
than the girl I was
do I still believe my love,
when he whispers I’m the one
he’s reaching for
in those early morning dreams
Now that I’m gray
do I cut my hair and spin tight little curls,
letting the rest fall [...]

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It’s been a long while since I had time to paint. I went out to my studio today to clean it up, and saw my little tiger sitting there on the easel, still waiting for me to finish him. I thought I was done with him a year or two ago, but after a curing [...]

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There are image search websites you can use to see where Your images (drawings/paintings/photos) might appear other than your own website – but a week or so ago, I discovered that Google now has an image search of their own:
http://www.google.com/imghp

Here, you enter the URL of just the image, not the page that contains the image. [...]

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Thank you, Jo Castillo for your wonderful photo – looking at that, you just know it’s going to be a good day!
(— and thank you, Puccini, for your inspiring music which always helps me paint)
I’m happy with this – makes me feel good.

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