soft pastels
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Screenplay submitted and new work at LSG
I finished editing and submitted my screenplay for Round 2 of the NYCMidnight Screenwriting Contest. My round 1 script took first place in my group. Thi round we had only three days to write an 8 page script. Much less… Continue reading
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Pastel Landscape
I decided I wanted to play with my pastels today and was flipping through my photos looking for a floral picture to paint. Instead I came across a picture of a small watercolor abstract landscape I painted a few years… Continue reading
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New art at LSG
It’s a new month starting this week so that means I have fresh art up at Lawrence Street Gallery. I embraced the spring energy this month and have a lot of bright and flowery pieces. The Exposures annual photography show… Continue reading
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Pastel Series Continues
My twentieth anniversary is coming up next month so for today’s pastel painting I decided the next piece in my house plant series would be a money tree. We didn’t have this type of plant growing up, but we didn’t… Continue reading
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No Pear Here
Tonight I wanted to make a companion piece to my earlier pastel painting of a pear on a blue plate. I thought about putting in a pear, but I decided that it tells more of a story; that the pear… Continue reading
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Zoom AM, Clay PM
This morning I felt like experimenting, using soft pastels with water. I started on my 300# cold press cotton rag. I spent the first hour working on the dry paper. At a critique last week, we were discussing reflections on… Continue reading
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Mixing things up
Today I had a good but long day and decided to experiment with combining the inktense with pastels and see how it works. I started by just doodling shapes onto the paper in grey and then adding colors. Something of… Continue reading
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More Pastel Plants
I was thinking of doing something experimental today, but after my busy day and a late evening from celebrating my youngest son’s school musical performance, I opted to make a new painting in my pastel houseplants series. Since I’m pretty… Continue reading
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Jaded
Growing up we had a beautiful jade plant that my dad took care of. When he died it fell to the rest of us to take care of the poor plant. It had a slow but steady decline until eventually… Continue reading
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Orchids on my mind
Today I was thinking about my pottery orchid and wondering if it made it through the kiln firing intact. I am quite excited to see how it turned out. Perhaps I’ll have time to stop by the clay studio tomorrow… Continue reading
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