FLOWERS FOR A FRIEND

11"x9" Original Pastel

One of my favorite places to discover

nature's beauty is along the side of

a country road. This stand of wild

flowers caught my eye and I dedicate

this painting to my special friend.

Spring Flowers

7"x5" ORIGINAL PASTEL

This orange poppy caught my

attention as I was driving on

the mountain roads.

Spring Rains

12"x9" ORIGINAL PASTEL

The sound of rushing water after a

spring rain is one of my favorite melodies.

This is a painting of an area in the Tallulah

River in North Georgia after a rainfall.

Impending Storm

9"x12" ORIGINAL PASTEL

Our painting group was in for
a surprise tonight. We were told
to paint only with our non dominant hand.
So this is a painting using my left hand
only!

Lanscape at Sunset

12x9" ORIGINAL PASTEL

Our group was challenged to paint a landscape
using a limited palette of 12 colors. This is
the result of my use of 12 colors.

Dance of the Ginko Leaves

A COLLAGE FOR NANCY

The lovely figure that dominates this collage
was done by a friend of mine in Ohio. I thought
it would be fun to incorporate her drawing in
an "arty" piece of work.

MORE COLLAGE ART

Jayne and I have had so much fun this week
collecting more "stuff" for our collage art.
We have been busy tearing, stamping,
gluing paper and laughing out loud!

Collage Art

Jayne and I took a wonderful workshop on collage art taught by Paula Van Huss.
These are a few examples of what I did
that day. We had so much fun tearing paper, stamping images, gluing, and playing with all kinds of paint and other
"stuff"!

Tree Study

ORIGINAL PASTEL
12"x8" Wallis Paper

1st PORTRAIT

ORIGINAL PASTEL

12"x16" La Carte Paper

This is my first attempt at

portrait painting. It was

fun choosing colors as my

reference photo was in black

and white.

NEST SEVEN

ORIGINAL PASTEL

5"x7" Suede board

NEST SIX

ORIGINAL PASTEL
5"x7" Suede board

It had to happen...the egg
just had to crack!

IMAGE FROM MY MIND

ORIGINAL PASTEL

16"x12" La Carte Paper

I have had several images

floating around in my mind so

I took the opportunity today to

see where they would go on paper.

This is the result!

A TRIP TO SUGAR CAKES

ORIGINAL PASTEL
8"x10" La Carte Paper

Prior to our visit to see the Celebrating
Georgia Women Artists Show at the Marietta/Cobb Museum, (Karen won 1st place for pastels...congratulations)
Jayne and I stopped for coffee at a wonderful Patisserie named
Sugar Cakes. The pasteries were so gorgeous that we just had to
photograph them for a future painting. Today, Jayne and I painted these delicious goodies and can't wait to return to sample more. See what Jayne ordered by visiting her blog at Jaynebpastels.blogspot.com

MY NEIGHBOR, CHARLIE

ORIGINAL PASTEL

8X10" La Carte Paper

Karen gave a wonderful

demonstration on the technique

she uses to paint her beautiful cats.

After the demo, we all tried out hand

at this technique. It was lots of fun and

I hope Charlie likes his new look!

ORIGINAL PASTEL

This was painted on a
heavily textured piece
of gatorboard. I was
trying to get alot of
ground texture without
using individual stokes
of color.

NEST FIVE

ORIGINAL PASTEL
8"x10" suede board

Oh yes, another nest!
Will there be no end
to this series????

NESTING FOUR

ORIGINAL PASTEL
8"x10" suede board

As you watch this series of
nests progress see if you can
identify the subtle variances!

NESTING THREE

ORIGINAL PASTEL
5"x10" Wallis

This is the third painting
in the nesting series.

NESTING TWO

ORIGINAL PASTEL
8"x10" suede mat board

This is the second nest
of the series painted
today.

NESTING ONE

ORIGINAL PASTEL
5"x7" suede mat board

Jayne and I had a fun day
today. We visited the museum
where Karen's 1st place painting
was on display then we spent the
rest of the day painting. This is
the first painting in the series
of three bird nests that I painted
today.

My Beautiful Ron-Ron

ORIGINAL PASTEL
8"x10"

This is a portrait of my
beloved pet chow who I
loved dearly for the 3 years
that he blessed my life!

PINK PRAIRIE

ORIGINAL PASTEL
8"X10"

This piece was painted on
gatorboard that was prepared
with a mixture of dry pumice
and clear pumice gel.

UNTITLED

Original Pastel
10"x8"

This was done on
a prepared surface of
gatorboard using a mixture
of dry pumice and liquid
clear gel gel pumice medium.
A really fun surface to
work on!

WORK IN PROGRESS

ORIGINAL PASTEL
8"x10"

This is the second stage of
a work in progress. See my most
recent post "PINK PRAIRIE" to
see the finished piece.

One in the Hand

Original Pastel
5"x 7"

Jayne, Karen, and I got
together for a Sunday
afternoon painting session
and I decided to paint a small
bird's nest. Karen inspires me as
she paints them so beautifully!

Study in Orange and Yellow Number 2

Original Pastel
4" X12"

This was a fun piece to
paint since it was totally
freeing to paint the background with a wash and let
the colors run and drip at will, then when it was dry,
use your imagination to create a scene!

Study in Orange and Yellow Number One

Original Pastel
8"x8"
Experimenting with different
techniques is always fun. This is
done on gatorboard, painted with
a very wet acrylic wash that ran
freely on the board. After it dryed
the board was coated with clear
pumice gel and it was time to begin
the painting!

WHERE THE BUFFALOS ROAMED

Original Pastel
Wallis Paper 12"X6"
As a child, my sisters
and I spent countless
hours looking at the
clouds and playing the
"cloud game". I am
still fascinated by the
formation and the
images formed by
the clouds!