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An Acrylic Study, White Floral, based off a demo by Will Kemp
“Creativity takes courage,” by Henri Matisse I have lacked the courage and confidence to paint these beautiful creatures of nature do mainly to my lack of experience with acrylics and paint brushes. It’s been my desire to paint flowers using … Continue reading
White Flower Study, charcoal
Today a little something to celebrate the beginning of Spring ~ White Flower Study, was a quick charcoal drawing (9×6) on Strathmore Bristol Vellum paper. My objective for this still life was to sketch the flower without too much detail … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings
Tagged art, charcoal, drawing, fine art, flower, impressionism, still life, vase, white
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Wild Strawberry Flowers, oil pastel
Ever say yes and then wondered “oh no, what have I gotten myself into?” Well I was asked to take part in a Wetcanvas Oil Pastel forum monthly challenge – these folks are near and dear to my heart, I … Continue reading
Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings
Tagged art, flowers, impressionism, oil pastels, painting, white
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White Eggs
This month on the oil pastel forum of Wetcanvas (an online artist community) I am the sponsor of the February monthly challenge. One of my roles was to select seven to ten photographed images from a variety of subjects for … Continue reading
Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings
Tagged Eggs, Oil Pastel, oil pastels, white
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Painting Sunlight & Shadow with Pastels, a book review
For a long time I struggled with creating believable shadows and light using oil pastels (OPs), few credible resources exist for Op artists. I wanted a source with easy to understand explanations and demonstrations for painting sunlight and shadows. I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged aerial perspective, art studio, artist, artists, blacks, color, light, maggie price, oil pastels, paintings, shadows, soft pastels, spectrum, temperature, weather, white
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