My latest oil pastel is a winter night scene using Prussian Blue as the main color. The trees made me a little hesitant on attempting this scene, but if I don’t start going after complex scenes how am I ever know going to move forward?
The oil pastel (6×6) using Mi-Teintes pastel paper tinted light gray. This time my fingers were my main painting tool, along with a clay shaper and a painters knife. The reference image was from my friend, Elena wonderful artist and photographer of pmp.
Hope you enjoy as we enter the season of cold winter nights . . .
Oil Pastels by Mary 
Nice one Mary,. It reminds me of a place in Winterburg, Germany
Thank you Mark, you are really good. This photograph was taken outside Black Forest in Germany. I have several others waiting to be painted.
Absolutely stunning! Great textures and mood.
Thank you so much for your generous comments, this was an enjoyable scene to paint.
Super winter scene Mary It is amazing you miss a day here and you feel that so much was going on and trust me is more then missing a news bulletin.. love the one after and I am on my way to check the water…
Thank you Doron, it’s of a place in Germany by the Black Forest. Appreciate your checking in during this busy time – hope the exhibition is going well.
We still maintain some normality and enjoy what we love to do. Mind you I find that I miss watching and communicating with people not being here. I never thought it will become so important friendship by clicking and typing on a keyboard, but there is so much more to it. Beside I feel it is like reading a good book here and not being regular you miss the main story and it is hard to go back for old chapters as there is so much new, strange.
Looks perfect to me, especially the color and light 🙂 Annie
Thanks Annie – perfectly cold (I thought we could escape early low temps, but today in the 30’s).
Wonderful moonlight shining there Mary … a promise of some magic in the air … Beautiful harmony of blues singing to me 🙂
Thank you Poppy, this lovely place is in Germany and was immediately taken by the blue shadows cast about. The scene holds well under the blues of the night. Thanks ~
So beautiful, Mary! It makes me a bit homesick, you’ve really captured the whole atmosphere and it looks like a place where I grew up. 🙂
Thank you, that’s a real compliment and much appreciated.
Wonderfully elegant, Mary: well done. I love the composition and the coolish color palette. Great work.
Thank you Stefano very kind and appreciated! Sometimes in the winter months we have to be reminded of just how wonderful still winter nights can be. Thanks ~
There seems to be a vaguely Van Gogh(ish) look to this, though it’s probably just me hearing (how cruel) the Prussian blue speak to me, and despite its coolness (anti-Van Gogh) your sun, though somewhat amorphous, manages to whisper Dutch painter.
Hi Ariel Prospero, thanks! I know you prefer cobalt blues – I think I’m right on that one? In this case the dark lifeless blue suited the dark and quiet scene of a cold winter night. Through the moon beams I was able to bring just a tad of bright into the otherwise drab scene – I’ll take Van Gogh(ish) makes my day. I went back in and added some shading around the bottom of the trees and a few solid branches on the bulk of the trunk regions – the new image has been posted. Thanks again for your feedback, nice to receive.
Oh, it’s the moon! And here I thought it was a sunny break in winter’s gossamer curtain, as the sun has been know to make brief, heart-and-hand warming appearances on frigid days.
I like the changes though.
Naturally the tile ‘Winter Night’ lends some credence to your moon theory.
Oh . . . the reveal of the mystery! Thank you Ariel’s Prospero ~
Your winter night is ever so inviting Mary! Divine blues!
Thanks Elena, so glad you mentioned the blues – it was all about the blue cast giving it that quiet atmospheric feel. Thank you ~
Mary, I love this one too! The restricted palette helps with the atmosphere… just wonderful! 😀
Thanks Patricia really appreciate your beautiful feedback!
Love it!
Thank you so much!
Quiet, peaceful and beautiful Mary.
Thanks Tim!
Beautifully done Mary!
Thank you Susan for your nice comment.
that is GORGEOUS! i’m home and just took a break from the compass (on the floor) and am so glad that the internet is working fast enough to view this, but the comment had to go thru email…!!!
i’m home for about two weeks, so i look forward to catching up!
great work amiga! z
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Hey Z, great to see you! Thanks for your nice comment – appreciate it. What were you doing with the compass – I thought it was finished a while ago? It seems you have a heavy travel schedule these days – hope your computer issues are all resolved. Happy painting!
How lovely! There is nothing like winter’s atmosphere & you’ve captured it at its best 🙂
Thank you for your comment – I’m working on winter night-skies and appreciate receiving your feedback.