When I work in pastel, I paint one painting at a time. My favorite method is paint it, photograph it, frame it, move on to the next one....

I'm starting on a series of oil still life paintings in preparation for a fall group show. There is a "look" or genre I'm ...

P2019-1-28 Violet Evening, pastel, 3.5x5.5 inches Still playing with my Terry Ludwig 14 Violets. Mini Pastel available at Mini ...

P2019-1-27 Violet Road, pastel 3.5 x 5.5 inches Available at mini-painting price on DailyPaintworks Reference photo for P2019-1027 Vio...

I started today's post with the intention of showing you my beautiful new set of Terry Ludwig 14 favorite violets and talk about a new s...

Lovely work today by the artists in my first Mentoring Session of 2019.   My next session is Friday, February 22nd. One artist had to...

Four painting stations set up for my first Mentoring Session of 2019. Friday, four hours, four students. Looking forward to it! It...

The lightest spots This is the time in the painting that I forget to take more photos. Sorry. Sunrise 1, pastel, 5x7...

I have a collection of scraps of sanded pastel paper. Some is gessoed with vermilion or black.  This month I'm trying to paint a 7x5 i...

Riverbank at Dawn, pastel, 7x5 inches This little painting sat on my easel all through the holidays. I finally got back to it today and ...

Not sure where this one will end up but it's good to be back at the easel after weeks of distraction. I also wrote my art goals today. H...

December 31, 2018 At the end of 2017 I wrote that in 2018 I would be more discerning about my art commitments both in showing my work and ...

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 ...