Cool frosty morning.

Cool frosty morning.
This is a pastel painting on 100% cotton paper Stonehenge warm white. 12x17 . This is done with Schmincke,Art spectrum Sennelier ,and Blicks soft pastels. With Nupastels and pastel pencils .

I see you

I see you is a pastel on paper Beautiful wolf..

This is a pastel painting on 100% cotton paper Stonehenge  warm white.  12x17 . This is done with Schmincke,Art spectrum Sennelier ,and Blicks soft pastels.  With Nupastels and pastel pencils  .

Last Glow of the Day

I saw a picture of a sunset that inspired me. You could hardly see the lower part of the sunset. Artistic license  to the rescue . I changed the reference removed some trees and shrubs leaving enough to boarder the sunset with trees.

I need to work on my photography skills a bit the picture is off a bit the yellow is brighter .

This is a soft pastel 11 X 15 on a grey Stonehenge paper 100% cotton .  I used mostly  Schminckie  and Blick soft pastels with some pastel pencils.

Thank you for looking hope you enjoyed it.

Quiet Evening on The Trail

This is a idea brought to life .  I searched for some references to go by for shadows and shading . These were built into my vision.  I like the result.

It brings back fond memories of campfires, camping, horseback riding  and just enjoying nature.  I hope you enjoy this little camping trip.

 

This an acrylic painting on a16 x 20 gallery wrapped canvas.

New Medium Watercolors

Old news Family got me art supplies For my Birthday. Watercolors from one and art books another and canvases and more supplies.

One book had a good section on watercolor techniques the other facial expressions .  Lots of washes blobs and scribbles later I kinda like this.

These are my first 2.

9X12 90lbs cold press watercolor paper  Van Gogh watercolors .

I will just rotate what medium I will create in today. I like the spontaneity of watercolors its a break from other styles that  are laid out planed out.

Misty Mountain Morning

I saw this photo of an Appalachian scene I really liked it. So I tried to recreate it using a mountain ranges profile near me. I like this .

 

Pastel  9x12  on strathmore pastel paper .

La Platas first snow

This started out as a news paper clipping from 40ish years ago. It is of a first snow fall in laplata canyon Near Hesperus Colorado . My Mother loved it she kept the clip that area holds a lot of sentimental value .  She gave me that clip to see if I could do some thing with it.  This is how it turned out.  It became one of her Christmas  presents she was over joyed when she saw it. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. I am going to make this again artistic license change the river and far tree line and mountain .This is true to photo .

 

This is a pastel painting 10 x 16  I used colorfix primer on 100lbs watercolor paper toned a warm grey.  I used Nu-pastels, Blick brand soft pastels  Schmincke and Sennelier .

Forgotten Barn

Forgotten  Barn is a  early spring painting . Reminds me of some of the old homesteads we use to find when I was a kid. This is a composite  from 3 sources. Barn from one, misty field another, and barbed wire fence another. These old barns are gradually  fading away just like the American farmer gradually fading away with the family farm.

  Acrylic  on gallery wrapped canvas  16 x 20.  Finished February  2013

Sun beams in the forrest

I had seen photographs with sun beams in wooded areas . I really liked them so I  painted a couple . This is my second . It is what I call is a fantasy landscape.  This place only exists in my mind I tried to make all the physics of light match the physical  objects in this imaginary sunrise in the forest.

It worked out pretty good. I learned dry brush glazing which ended up as being a cornerstone in many future works.

This is acrylic on canvas Gallery Wrapped 16x20. I finished  this late in the year November  2012.