Tag Archives: sand

Air Dancing Gulls, graphite drawing

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Mary

When we lived in Maine there were probably more “atmospheric” days than not – with gray skies and heavy fog out at sea. This scene reminded me of those times, the air cold with a moist dense fog and seagulls … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings | Tagged art, beach, drawing, fine art, foam, graphite, gulls, sand, Sea, seagulls, Seascape, wave | 86 Comments

Pea Island, oil pastel

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Mary

“Pea Island is an island which is part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina” per Wikipedia ~ that’s the location of my latest oil pastel subject. Pea Island, an oil pastel (7×15) was painted on cream tinted Mi-Teintes pastel … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged art, beach, dune, dune grass, fine art, impressionist, ocean, oil pastels, painting, pastels, sand | 60 Comments

To the Beach, oil pastels

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Mary

Work continues with painting sand using oil pastels . . . this week we start with another beach scene to take all of us land-locked folks to the shore. Maybe we’ll have a clam bake, fly a kite or just … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged art, beach, dune, fine art, grass, impressionism, oil pastels, painting, sand | 81 Comments

Girls at Beach, oil pastel

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Mary

This beach scene was painted for this months challenge on Wetcanvas, seemed a great way to get started on warmer subjects as right about now many are a little tired of freezing cold temperatures and winter white-outs. I have no earlier experience painting people … Continue reading →