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| Calla Lilies in Pacific Grove pastels 22" x 26 |
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| Calla Lilies on the Coast 8" x 10" oil |
< Here is my plein air painting / study from that day. The calla lilies were thick and in full bloom as was the purple Pride of Maderia. The sea was brilliant blue and there were large black cormants sunning themselves on the rocks.
It was a lovely day and I never forgot those pretty white calla lilies on the coast.
So when a pastel show was announced at our Carnegie Arts Center, I thought I might try working from my plein air study and create a new painting from that day. The finished painting is above and below you can see a few shots I took in progress as I worked on this pastel painting.
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| Study for the final painting |
< Here is a small study I worked up to get ready for the larger pastel painting. Now for sale on Daily Paintworks.
9" x 10" Callas and Butterflies in Pacific Grove
Pacific Grove is famous for its Monarch Butterflies so I added butterfly stamps around the border and colored them with the Pan Pastels.
I have been wanting to try out my new Pan Pastels so here was my chance! I bought a large sheet of Uart sanded pastel paper and cut it to fit a frame I already
had.
My idea was to have a painting within a painting. Like you might look out a window to the scene. I wanted to try some mixed media techniques as well using stamps and a Versa stamp pad with the pan pastels.
I wanted the area around the central square to be soft and dreamy, mystical and magical surrounding the more in-focus center. So I began by taping around the central square to form a frame.
< This photo shows the beginning stages of working the outer frame with the soft pan pastels and the sofft sponges. Sofft sponges are specially designed to use with the pan pastels. They are in the shape of standard artist's paint brushes so are so nice to work with.
< Here I am starting to work the central section. I wanted some of the leaves and lilies to overlap into the border for added interest, so I needed to plan it out a bit.
Let me know how you like my pastel painting and wish me luck getting into the pastel show!
My painting was accepted to this National Juried Competition along with a 2nd pastel painting.
On display at the
THE FINE ART OF PASTELS
March 28 - May 26, 2019
Carnegie Arts Center
250 N. Broadway, Turlock, CA 95380
Also accepted is my pastel
"Carmel Mission Sanctuary"
Which won an award in another
show (shown in photo)
had.
My idea was to have a painting within a painting. Like you might look out a window to the scene. I wanted to try some mixed media techniques as well using stamps and a Versa stamp pad with the pan pastels.
I wanted the area around the central square to be soft and dreamy, mystical and magical surrounding the more in-focus center. So I began by taping around the central square to form a frame.
< This photo shows the beginning stages of working the outer frame with the soft pan pastels and the sofft sponges. Sofft sponges are specially designed to use with the pan pastels. They are in the shape of standard artist's paint brushes so are so nice to work with.
< Here I am starting to work the central section. I wanted some of the leaves and lilies to overlap into the border for added interest, so I needed to plan it out a bit.
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| Close up. Working with large sofft sponges |
Let me know how you like my pastel painting and wish me luck getting into the pastel show!
My painting was accepted to this National Juried Competition along with a 2nd pastel painting.
On display at the
THE FINE ART OF PASTELS
March 28 - May 26, 2019
Carnegie Arts Center
250 N. Broadway, Turlock, CA 95380
Also accepted is my pastel
"Carmel Mission Sanctuary"
Which won an award in another
show (shown in photo)
