Rock Creek Winter #4, pastel, 5x7 inches Available This may be the last of the Winter series of this subject. It is the end of January a...

Rock Creek Winter Series: #3, pastel, 5x7 Available on Daily Paintworks

The second painting from my Friday afternoon painting group is called "Country Memory" because I borrowed a meadow scene reference...

A good painting day last week at our Friday afternoon Paint Group*. I painted two little pastels. For the first one I took a reference pho...

Rock Creek Winter Series #1, pastel, 7x5 inches   Sold Here is the completed painting and links to each of the remaining videos. 1. De...

In this photo of my painting on right (and the reference photo on the left) , I have completed the darks and the lights.  I'm using N...

I'm starting to figure out how to make a demo video - shorter is better for many reasons. But, if the video is only a couple minutes lon...

ROCK CREEK TUESDAY, pastel, 7x5 inches. See the video Purchase the painting Before it was "Rock Creek Tuesday", this piece...

WINTER CREEK, pastel, 6x4 inches with white mat. Frames to 10x8 inches. Available on DailyPaintworks Winter Creek, 6x...

Today my brain recalled more of the details of my mystery of years ago. I logged into my Comcast Email and VOILA! there, in the SPAM folder,...

I have been blogging my Art Journal since January 2008. After a couple years and 227 posts later, subscribers and followers quit receiving m...

I have painted our lake in all seasons. Tomorrow, my "October Lake" will ship to new owner M.G. I thought you might be intereste...

Wild Meadow Lights, pastel, 7x5 inches Finally got to the easel this morning. I had my camera rolling for Wild Meadow Lights that shows ...

...painting again in the new year. Some of us took a painting break over the holidays. Then there were days of putting our houses back in ...

...on e b a y I started there in 2008 but most recent activity was a couple years ago when I sold a ton of art supplies from my studio in ...

"Blessing all around if we pay attention." That is what I wrote in 1983 in the book I talked about several days ago on my Golden Y...

I'm back at it, trying to make art videos. I KNOW it has to be easier than my trial and error methods. Several weeks ago gathered up s...

Creekside, pastel, 5x7 inches    Collection of Paula Parks My thanks to all subscribers and followers of my blogs: Art Journal Blog -...

  View from the studio: flower garden at rest December 2016 Where did 2016 go? It was the fastest year ever for me. I spent a few hours...

Pastel on archival black mat today. I forgot how fun it is to save the dark areas to let the paper do the work of the darkest value. Also, a...

2016-12-2 Rock Creek Meadow, pastel, 7x5 inches This is the finished painting shown in my first video clip experiments. I'm still wo...

...move your pastels to the right (if you are right-handed) . I am known for rearranging furniture and my Studio is especially vulnerable to...

...in your new pad of UArt. Glue it to 4ply rag mat. I ordered this 9x12 pad of UArt 400 grit paper from my usual online art supplier. M...

...of looking at the same painting on your easel for a month. Finish it! Ravensdale Walk, pastel, 16 x 16 inches If you would like to...

...with your art commitments for the year. Get a new plan. I could sit on the couch with the dog and contemplate what to do with the foregr...