One artist who regularly posts some excellent and helpful pieces is Rose Welty. She had a great article on doing art every day, even if for just ten minutes. (Read post here) One of the things I like about that idea is that it reminds us, every day, that whatever else we may be [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Learning Pastels'
Doing what you love.
May 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Art · Friends · Learning Pastels · Writings
WIP – path, tree, fog
April 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I started this tonight about 10:30 after a very frustrating day / week… it’s from a photo my friend Diana shared with me. She is doing a painting from it also. Because of a frame I already had, I decided to stretch the image somewhat, and work from that. This is [...]
Tags: Art · Learning Pastels · Writings
Learning to paint with pastels
February 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments
Pastels. Wonderful. Soft. Vibrant. Subtle. Amazing to touch. Exciting to paint with. Forgiving of my experiments and mistakes.
I first discovered pastels (and sanded paper!) about ten years ago and have been thrilled to work with them since that time. Prior to that, I worked with acrylics, oils, watercolors, pen and ink, pencils, gouache, scratchboard, airbrushing, and just [...]
Tags: Art · Learning Pastels
