I'm cleaning out my flat files (again!) and found two 7x5 demo pieces from a workshop a couple years ago. The paper is Pastelmat and...

Happy December everyone. I just put twelve pastel paintings on SALE at 50% off. Take a look by searching BBNewtonArt on Etsy or my name on...

I'm painting over the ghost of a previous painting. White NuPastel and Charcoal stick.  An oil wash for the water and left it to ...

By the way, I have finally bonded with my new studio! Click here to read more... My reference photo and corresponding lines for pl...

Yesterday I posted the oil-wash for this pastel painting. Here it is complete: pastel over oil wash on Ersta 500 paper. "Meadow Stre...

Night time advice: never go to bed with an empty easel (unless you are taking a break from painting). With the switch back to Standard Tim...

Charcoal value sketch on Ersta 500 sanded pastel paper. Started this one working flat and wishing I had done an oil wash under-paintin...

This is a reference photo. It is mainly green. My last painting, "Lakeside" was green and I'd like a different palette so I ...

Found a piece of Burgundy Art Spectrum Colourfix paper in my flat file and it reminded me of autumn. Found an old reference photo of the c...

I use a variety of sanded pastel papers and have definite favorites. I haven't used Canson Mi-Teintes Touch in a long time and de...

It's varnishing day in the Studio. This oil painting was completed several months ago and in this photo you can see the difference th...

My tubes of oil paint have gotten out of control. I pulled out the color charts I made some time ago and started reorganizing the tubes...

On the easel now - "Private Road," pastel, 18 x 12 inches. This is about 85% complete but I stopped because I couldn't find ...

In my last post I wrote about what I was doing to start painting again after a long summer gardening break. I figured it out. To start, ju...