Regina Calton Burchett - Drawings & Pastels » sky paintings http://www.fallshadows.com/blog Art for the sake of creating - pastel paintings, drawings, photos and writing Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Color Poems http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2010/08/17/color-poems/ http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2010/08/17/color-poems/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:40:10 +0000 Regina http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/?p=1289 Sometimes I update my “Colors” page, where I combine two things I love – color from a part of a painting (or a photo) of mine with a poem or just a few lines that seem to be illustrated by that color.

Here is my writing from today, which is a reminder to practice having a positive and grateful attitude, and to expect (and work for) great things in your life:

~ Vermillion Lightness of Being ~

vermillion light

That lovely feeling

of expectation, anticipation

of knowing something delicious

is just beyond the horizon, like an unopened gift

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Sherbet Sky
I truly do have a short attention span, and that’s one of the reasons I love pastels. I can paint a bit, dance a bit, go check email, and paint some more. No clean-up except my grubby fingers.

So here is one I finished tonight (I think), two that I’m in the process of painting now, and one I’m going to finish any minute!!

Bastrop Sky Revisited WIP (painted, wiped, painted, wiped, now in version 3)

Bastrop Sky revisited WIP

Bastrop Sky revisited WIP

Bear Creek Sky – WIP for a long while to come…

Bear Creek Sky WIP

Bear Creek Sky WIP

LFB-WIP
Started a few years back, but I’d really like to finish it soon

LFB WIP

LFB WIP

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Bastrop Pines on a Cloudy Day

We lived in Bastrop County – in Cedar Creek, Bastrop, and Smithville – for many years and loved the beautiful Loblolly Pines there and the rolling hills. It’s a lovely and friendly area just east of Austin.

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Raining Up by the Barn

I painted this today on some new paper that my sister-in-law gave me. It is print-making paper (4/20/10: Stonehenge paper). I wasn’t sure I would like it because I’m so stuck on sanded paper (Ampersand or Art Spectrum), but it took layering well and blended nicely.

I’m going to put this up on my mantle in the living room, so I can walk by it all week and see if I still like it after a the first flush of being in love with a new painting has passed. It helps me to see the things that bug me, that need to be fixed…

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LittleLandscape2
LittleLandscape2     5×7    Pastel

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Austin Bats Sailing from Congress Avenue Bridge

Again, I’m having a very difficult time getting a correct color photo of this blue / mauve / grey painting.  This is a little blurry, but I actually think my cell phone took a more accurate picture than our more expensive camera. This was painted from a photo I took while in a boat in Town Lake, head covered, mouth closed.

]]> http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/10/23/austin-bats-sailing-from-the-congress-avenue-bridge/feed/ 3 Sky Paintings, Cloud Paintings http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/07/08/sky-paintings-cloud-paintings/ http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/07/08/sky-paintings-cloud-paintings/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:18:13 +0000 Regina http://blog.fallshadows.com/?p=648 Clouds, skies and light are very ethereal subjects to attempt to capture on paper or canvas. The expectant atmosphere of an impending storm or the welcome feel of a cool breeze just after sunset don’t easily translate into two dimensions. But I love to attempt that, and now have a large number of sky photos on my computer that I’ve taken over the last five years – and I hope to be able to paint many of them over the next decade or two. Here are some of my sky paintings to this point in time (this blog adjusts the h x w ratio):

(To see larger images in a slide show, go to this FLICKR page.)

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Fixin' to be a Good Day

Fixin' to be a Good Day

]]> http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/05/28/fixin-to-be-a-good-day-finished/feed/ 4 WIP – Fixin to be a good day http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/05/17/wip-fixin-to-be-a-good-day/ http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/05/17/wip-fixin-to-be-a-good-day/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 02:13:42 +0000 Regina http://blog.fallshadows.com/?p=594 I started this one today on a 5×7 Ampersand pastel board, working on getting a second piece ready for the Austin Pastel Society’s show at the Scarbrough Building.

fixin-ref fixin-2

fixin-to-be-a-good-day

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