Rock Creek Series: #4, pastel, 5x5 inches on U NOT WORKING Rock Creek Series: #4, pastel, 5x5 inches TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN and brush it...

In response to yesterday's post, I have received requests to see the reference photo. This is a photo we used in my July Studio Landsc...

At our Friday afternoon painting group I started a paint-along-with-me with another artist. This limited me to ...

Rock Creek Series: #2, pastel, 7x5 inches I've been working with alcohol mist for texture. Click image to enlarge.

Rock Creek Series: #3, pastel, 7x5 inches Brushing the pastel off as well as smashing and moving the medium with a plastic spatula gives...

Photo Reference for Rock Creek Series Rock Creek at Abrams Road, pastel, 6x4 inches image My challenge today was to paint from a ref...

Drama Queen, pastel, 5x7 inches Fall is in the air and I feel like I am back in school as I prepare for my workshop next week. I'm c...

My Blue Heaven, pastel Yesterday I was reviewing all posts on this blog looking for HOW TO PASTEL tips and tricks and I accidentally hit...

I am very happy to have my work included in the 2016 Pratiques des Arts Special Landscape Issue! Roberts Road, pastel, 13 x 13 inch...

This is an acrylic wash over a painting that never made it to framing. The painting below had a nice part in the middle but nothing else s...

If you are wondering what the little color bar is that appeared in each of the paintings in my last post, here it is. I shoot all my work ...

Golden Afternoon Since my last post I've been working on my August Project - seven new paintings based on seven old paintings. The...

Golden Afternoon (again) in progress, 24 x 24 inches,  8-9-16 I have painted this scene before. This time I'm using a photo of my pr...

July workshops are complete (what fun!), my retrospective show is hung and future art commitments are scheduled for September. My projec...

Thanks, Sue Anne for suggesting an online version of the 18 piece retrospective show I just hung. There is a link in the sidebar or click he...

Yesterday Jay and I hung 18 paintings at the Covington City Hall. These are colored pencil and mixed media (watercolor with colored pencil...

Blue Road, pastel, 5 x 7 inches

I was recently reminded about fear of black. During my workshops, when I asked students to use a black pastel, some froze, reluctant to reac...

Three Radishes, pastel, 5x7 inches Click to Buy This is the study I painted in preparation for last week's Still Life in Pastel ...

Today we painted landscapes! Thanks to Sue Anne, Laura, Reneé and Joan for your beautiful work. Two of these students had never worked in pa...

A great first workshop in my new Studio. Still Life in Pastel. Limited to four students: Sue Anne, Laura, Kay and Reneé each painted along w...

I hope I got someone's attention with that post heading. I need a few more students in my September 30 - October 2 Pastel Workshop. For ...