I am delighted that Lyn Asselta has agreed to share some words with us about her process of finding views to paint among the most ordinary-seeming landscapes. I have to admit that when I first read what she wrote, I was so moved, I was brought to tears.
We’re back from our two-week vacation in La Manzanilla, Mexico where we danced up a storm during the first week in a tango intensive workshop and then relaxed a bit in the second which is when I managed to get some pastelling time in. This pastel is a view from the verandah of Martin’s Restaurant.
Here we are again at the beginning of a new month which means it’s time to look back at the previous month. This time I started with 83 (!) pieces selected through the month of January. And nothing changes, it’s still a real workout to choose 10 to present to you. Without further ado, let’s have
I’m in La Manzanilla, Mexico. My first thought was to do a plein air piece to share with you but guess what? It was a cloudy day and without the sunlight to sparkle the scene, nothing inspired me. So what to do? I decide to make use of my life experience in the painting. I’d
I’ve known about Rita Kirkman’s work for a few years now. I can’t remember when I first came across it but I do know she’s been an active blogger for some time. I featured one of Rita’s pieces in my monthly round-up (click here to see it) and finally met her at IAPS last year. It was
I think many of us artists have this problem – knowing when a painting is finished. Sometimes, without our realizing it, a painting is finished back a few steps. I know my tendency is to want to pick away, making the tiniest of tweaks. Often this can eradicate the spontaneity that was there especially when
In case you were hibernating, it’s January (!) and that means it’s time for a humungous HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It also means it’s time for the monthly round-up of ten pastels chosen from the many many I selected from those seen throughout December. Bring on December’s Dynamite pastels!
Big question….what post to offer just before the Christmas holidays? Something wintery? Nah, don’t need to be reminded of that at the moment. (Mind you, the Winter Solstice has just passed and we are now heading into lighter days again. Yay!!) And then I remembered a painting that I’d seen posted somewhere recently that I think
I have been following Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna ever since she burst onto the Pastel Society of America’s Facebook stage. I featured her painting, “Memories,” last March in my monthly curation of work seen that month, and so I was so pleased to hear it had won 3rd prize in the abstract/non objective category of the 17th
This summer on Salt Spring Island, I was fortunate to paint en plein air a few times with my Mum and Dad. I keep saying it but really, there’s nothing like painting on location for a rewarding experience, both in life and in technical and skills learning. So what did I learn this time? Before
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