Purple Onions

9 x 12"

Oil on board

Oil Study

9 x 12"

Oil on board

Watercolor study after Winslow Homer

9 x 12 "

Watercolor on Paper

Winslow Homer, one of my all

time favorite artists. I picked up a book

about him at the library the other day, that had

some nice examples of his watercolors.

Here is my study of the Pumpkin Patch.

Juliette

9"x12"
Watercolor on Arches
Done in one of my life
drawing classes. I usually
only use charcoal and some pastels
but chose watercolor this time.
I like the softness that I
achieved, but should have
corrected the placement of her
right arm. It's not quite right,
so next time I'll do better. After all it is a
learning process and I learn
something everytime.

Along the Path

3" x 6"
Pastel on matboard

I came across these daisies on my
walk the other day. Daisies are
such happy little flowers.
I just wanted to play with my soft pastels
on some matboard and this is what
happened.

Acrylic Underpainting Study

9 x 12"
Pastel on paper

The warmth of this pastel
was achieved by painting the
paper with red acrylic paint.
Not only did the paint help
with unifying the color
palette, but it helped give
the paper some tooth, which
helped the pastel adhere.

River's Bend

8 3/4" x 8 3/4"
Pastel on paper

Done from a reference photo
that I took while on vacation
in Colorado. Done with
soft, buttery Ludwig pastels.

Some kind of Tree

4" x 6"
Watercolor on Paper

Last Thursday evening at the ANA
meeting, local artist Janis Ward presented
several of her mixed media paintings and
a colorful slide show.
What a neat lady! So uninhibited and unafraid to experiment.
She explained how she used recycled items, like
shredded paper, or gauze, netting or plastic cleaner
bags to achieve different textures in her paintings.
By the end of the evening, I was feeling very inspired.
So today, I experimented with watercolors and netting,
and this is how it turned out.
I placed it on some card stock and sent a thank you
to Janis for sharing her technique.

Flag Mountain

14" x 17"
Pastel on paper

A couple of years ago, my family went
on a camping trip to Colorado.
This is my rendition of
Flag Mountain.

Blue Tablecloth

5"x7"
Pastel on sanded paper

Today, was experimentation day.
Always a fun time. This little study was
painted with acrylic paints and then
layers of hard and soft pastels. Just
trying to keep it loose.

Caribbean Blue

9 x 12"
Pastel on sanded paper

Blue ribbon winner at the Benton County Fair 2008

View of Sedona

9 1/2 x 12 1/2"
Pastel on sanded paper

WIP

9 1/2 X 12/1/2"
Pastel on sanded paper

WIP

9 1/2X 12 1/2"
Pastel on sanded paper

WIP

9 1/2 X12 1/2"
Pastel on sanded paper

Work in Progress

9 1/2 x12 1/2"
Pastel on sanded paper

Today I started a painting
that is more involved than I usually do.
It's time to move on to more challenging
subjects. I am going to do work in progress
shots, so you can see the progression.

The first thing that I did, was draw a
pretty detailed drawing with charcoal.
From there, I started working the sky,
and then on to the background mountains.
This is more of an under painting in pastel
than anything. No details, just trying to get
the colors right.

Laney Farm

8x10"
Pastel on Canson

This was painted on location at
Laney Farm in Farmington.
It was a warm, sunny day
without much wind. Lots
of birds singing, a few cows
mooing and an occasional bull
making his presence known.

Pastel Study

8x10"
Pastel on Canson paper

Poppy Field

5x7"
Pastel on 300 lb paper

This was another experiment.
I underpainted with purple watercolor,
let it dry then layered on pastels.
I covered all the purple, though,
because it competed with the red of the
poppies. If I had decided to make some
purple flowers in the field as well, it
would have worked out leaving the
underpainting.
Another lesson learned!

Blue and Green Color Study

4x8"
Pastel on archival paper