Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

The Colored Pencil Society of America has some beautiful pieces on their website that are simply amazing!!
Before I found how much I loved pastels back in 1999, I worked with colored pencil quite a bit, as I enjoyed the meditative aspect of drawing and the interesting effects one could get with a variety of applications.

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My friend Jo Castillo sells a variety of items from her Cafe Press shop – I have a great rooster apron from her! I opened a shop there back in 2006, but have not done much with it. Since I’ve completed a few of my jungle animals, I decided to try it again. [...]

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I started this quite a while back, and would like to do more large paintings.  In some ways, it’s kind of like picking up branches and twigs from the yard after a storm – you have to focus on the little area in front of you to keep from getting overwhelmed.  But it didn’t make [...]

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Every morning is a gift with the birds who live here – to see them and hear them starts the day in a grateful way

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Pastel, 10″x9″

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Artists
See beauty
in soft shadows on grass,
the graceful bend of a wrist,
in a ripe pears pride in pink and gold
Musicians
Hear beauty
in the winds scuffle of leaves,
quiet whispers between lovers,
sea waves rushing the evening shore
Dancers
Feel beauty
in a morning bird’s song
the ping of sharp rain against glass
a factory engine’s thrumming, insistent beat
Writers
Realize beauty
In the strength of their [...]

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Margaret Adie is a wonderful photographer with an amazing eye for the perfect photo. She’s done a recent series of poppies and was kind enough to allow me to do this pastel from her photo. Check out her photos, photo books, and other very original art pieces at her website here!

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Final Version here: http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2011/06/12/painting-a-large-pastel-36×24-chaparral-skies/
This is the largest pastel painting I’ve done to date – 36″x24″ – and I am still working on it. I generally work to bring a painting forward all at once, but there are areas of this I really like and hope not to touch again. There are areas that [...]

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“Raining Up by the Barn” and “Kerrville Clouds” were accepted into the 2011 Texas Pastel Society Regional Exhibition
Texas Pastel Society -
“Celebrate Texas”
Regional Juried Exhibition
May 6 – June 18, 2011
San Antonio Central Library Gallery
600 Soledad Street
San Antonio, Texas

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