Fearless Friday, Pink Grapefruit in Pastel
Pastel painting fascinates me, but I have limited knowledge and experience It’s quite a messy medium and I only do it when I’m at the beach and outdoors “Sea Oats,” pictured above, is one of my most successful pastel paintings I really like the “Pastel Pot of Posies,” below, also The inspiration photo I used … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Pastel Boat
A little fun with pastels today… I am not a professional with pastels and know very little about this medium, but I do know they are lots of fun to play with and from the first stroke you achieve instant color gratification I photo inspiration pictures and make a collage that I can print out … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Romanian Street in Pastel
Using different types of art mediums is a great way to learn, experiment, challenge yourself, or just have fun When I’m on the coast, I love to play with pastels Pastel is such a fun medium, it forces you to be bold and free I have a set of 72 … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Pink Roses in 3 Mediums
A couple months ago I did a pastel painting of pink roses The inspiration photo is a painting, “Pink Rose Study” oil on panel by Laurie Kersey I started by using pastel pencils to sketch the large shapes of the composition, then I began to add … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, “Sea Oats”
I am participating in the 31 day challenge for World Watercolor Month in July, but I am still painting with other mediums too You can see my most recent daily watercolors on the right sidebar and on Instagram here One of my art goals this summer is to learn more … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Playing with Pastels
Being Fearless in art is really about dabbling outside your comfort zone I’ve been doing a lot of drawing and detailed work lately, so thankful we were spared by Harvey and then Irma… It was time to let loose and try something different I went through a phase when … Continue reading