soft pastels ~ spring 2021
sticks of pigment
In spring of 2021 I'm reconnecting with pastels - their colors, consistencies, opacity, immediacy, and reflectivity - for luminous landscape (light-scape) paintings.
I'm washing my fingers a LOT. These guys are messy, but I love the effects!
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silver springs
duckweed and light on a stream near my home
Silver Springs 10 x 7 inches, soft pastel on UArt archival sanded paper, created March 20, 21
fishing access road
fishing access road - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on UArt archival paper, March 22, 2021
deschutes harmony
deschutes harmony - 8 x 8 inches on UArt archival sanded paper, February 16, 2021
gigi's house in february snow
nocturn
nocturn - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on archival UART paper, January 28, 2021
summer's light
remembering late summer - soft pastel, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, Saturday, January 16, 2021
hazy skookumchuck valley - 8 x 8 inches on UART archival paper, February 3, 2021
pastel painting in 39 seconds
"summer cycling" - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on archival UART sanded paper, Jan. 27, 2021
maple dapple - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on UART archival sanded paper, Jan. 26, 2021
maple dapple
maple dapple - reference photo and finished painting
"Deschutes Melody" 9 x 14 inches on UArt archival paper, February 10, 2021
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