Vortex

All I can say is... wish I was there.






3.5" x 3.5"
Soft Pastel
$45.00

Ride at Sunset

A perfect ending to a perfect day.. a ride at sunset along the beach. I'll be heading to Florida soon, to the heart of horse country for a two day art fair. I hope this will touch someone's heart.

12 x 9 soft pastel on pastelmat 125.00

Sanibel

April 12, 2009

Drawing inspiration from another pastel artist, this is my version of one of her paintings. This is one of my favorite little paintings.

4 x 6 soft pastel on sanded paper

Sky Ablaze

I am always in awe of a truly spectacular sunset.

4" x 5" pastel
mounted and framed

Currently for sale through my shop on etsy.
www.artalamode.etsy.com

My first pastel painting

Just a little over a month ago, (april '08) I found a new joy in life - painting with pastels. I had the pleasure of taking a 2 hour class and found a new passion. I have decided to start this blog after finding a wonderful site called dailyartists.com. I do believe that with each pastel I paint, I'm already getting better. I'm excited about the possibilities of what I may be able to accomplish. At this point, I don't have a style. I'm sure that will evolve over time. I hope that you'll comment on my work. I've never had any formal fine art training, however I was pursuing a graphic arts degree at one time, and remember how much the critiques helped. So with that, I welcome your comments, good and bad. 

During this workshop, the artist provided us with the pastels, and taped to an easel, he had a sheet of 400 grit sandpaper. I was very surprised when I started working the pastels into the sandpaper at how well it seemed to work. Later, I asked about what paper he suggests for future paintings, and he said I could buy the expensive stuff, but sandpaper works just the same, and no need for fixing. So off I went to Lowe's, and bought a small supply of my own sandpaper to continue playing.