Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

This was an experiment for me and a step away from my art comfort zone.  But I like it.

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The Bear Creek Retreat allowed many of us from the Austin Pastel Society to paint at their beautiful place about a week ago, and I got a lot of great photos and a start on a pastel.  This is a pencil sketch done from a photo I took of three cool “step-down” trees on their [...]

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A little more work to be done on the piece and on the title………..

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Wherever you live, you probably enjoy
the shade and scent and beauty of a tree.

When I leave home and drive in any direction, there are new neighborhoods emerging – in an incredibly short time span – from the freshly razed ground.  Mature trees are now heaped into scrap piles around the perimeter.
With the construction of most [...]

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I haven’t had time or spirit to paint the last week or so, but really enjoyed watching the birds swarm around the feeders after the rain today.  There were cardinals, buntings, and a variety of other birds that I don’t know.  I would welcome anyone’s input in regard to what these birds are.

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Working from a photo, this is one I started while at the La Villita Art Festival in San Antonio.  I still have work to do on the foreground and trees.

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Not sure what more I will do to this, but I like the sky so far…

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I had a lot of fun last weekend at the Zilker Park Botanical Festival, sharing a “Botanical Art” booth with two other artists.  We discussed many things, art among them, and met a lot of nice people.  For a while, I tried to draw a tree, but the sun coming through the crape myrtle behind [...]

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I don’t use the term awesome very much, but this flower is simply amazing. I first saw one when my grandmother had one on her front porch over two decades ago. I never knew a flower could come in such amazing shape, beauty and colors all in one plant. I was awed then, and I [...]

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A few changes to improve the shape of the tree and add some shadows and highlights. Plus, my other picture was taken at night, with fluorescent lighting, and this one was taken in daylight.

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