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Hi folks. Its been a while but have had lots on. I am working on this "request". It's a large seascape, 1mt X 70cm on a cheap canvas. I chose canvas for the size that was asked for as I cannot get good paper of the size. The canvas is coated with a gesso/talc mixture for an even surface that...

Hi Folks. I wasn't sure where to post this as it is a TOTAL test of everything. I have been asked to do a quite large painting, larger than any reasonable water colour sheet I can get. So I wondered if I could use a canvas and prepare it for pastels. So, this painting is a test. I had an ancient...

Hi folks. First of 2024. Pomorsko dobro translates to "maritime welfare". Sort of a declaration of the natural unspoilt coastline. The coast in Croatia is being decimated with no respect for it's beauty. This painting tries to show a natural a stretch of sea front which is actually in danger...

Hi folks. I know this is out of left field seeing most of us here are artists not writers. I have completed a book of "memoirs" of my life as a kid in the bush in Australia. It's a series of the crazy stories we endured in the 1960's.... Often funny, sometimes sad, but all true, the hardships...

Hi folks, maybe the wrong place. I keep a pile of paintings that gets weeded out once in a while. It's basically those that "almost" made it. Kinda Max Smart, missed it by that much ..... Usually to remember a stuffup and how/why. Gotta admit sometimes its a bin file. Does anyone keep...

Hi folks, some small balancing of detail and distance to go. From a photo on one of my walks along the cliffs. The storm rolling in and the surreal bright grass. I was walking back and didn't make it before the rain. Sort of sums up things at the moment.... Anyway, Rembrandt's on Canson MT dark...

Hi folks, in truth it's pretty much finished and signed, but I will make a few tiny touches yet. For a friend who has helped us a lot who did not want to be paid but asked for a painting instead of his house. On Pastelmat, I have masked down to 25x35 cm. The bottom section squewed perspective so...

Hi folks. The sun has gone and storms have arrived on the coast. Beautiful. Out walking and had to go back and get my drawing stuff. Late in the afternoon and the light was changing with the storm and dropping sun. In reality, the sea turned silver with waves and wind effects that were...

Hi folks. Finally a larger Plein air. Similar scene to the MANY I have already done. Slightly further around the cliff, meaning I was sitting with waves splashing me and trying to stop my box getting wet. Rembrandt's on Pastelmat, 24x30cm. I finally like this one, I can see some colours are not...

Hi folks. Cross posted the painting in Plein air.... Anyways, I suppose it's an ACEO now! I was doing this little pastel ATC 2.5x3.5 inches at the beach the other day. A young couple saw me and after I got back to the beach from my cliffside rock vantage point, they asked to see it. They really...

The same scene the following day, feet in the sea etc, but pastels on an ATC format (2.5x3.5 inch). Rembrandt's on sanded card. After clambering back to the beach a young couple asked to see the result. More about that later.

Hi folks, slightly different angle of the hill above the sea. Rocky coastline, big rocks and shallow water against the cliff. I was sitting with my feet in the water, getting splashed. Windsor Pan watercolours on A5 pad (15x21 cm). Typical, forgot the rule, don't rework a wash. The sky was fine...

Hi. This is an ATC of the seascape scene again. Watercolours on 300gm paper, 2.5x3.5 inches. Was really just seeing how thus would work. It's interesting, as even tho I need to relearn handling washes and less brushwork.... I can see my pastel style here. The small brush allows detail the...

Hi folks, I took my little Windsor watercolor pan set to the beach. It's been years since I used wc's. So out of practice and only had a couple of old oil brushes that I had to soften. Really overworked bits like the rocks. So different to my pastels. Useful experiment. 6x8 inches. Back to...

Hi folks. It was a nice afternoon so to the beach for a swim. Took my small pastel box. Rembrandt's on sanded Sennelier card, 2.5x3.5 inches. The angle is a bit different, but same scene, different light every time. The swim and drawing helped lift the spirits. Camera has picked up on the...

Hi folks, need to try and remotivate. Sitting on the terrace looking up at the peak. Plein air, 2.5x3.5 inches on Sennelier card, Rembrandt's. Its a hazy, bright day, sucking features out. So many phases of light with this peak.

Hi, I wasn't sure where to post this, but it kinda fits here. Some may know of my pondering and doubts of my work etc ... I know "some" of my works "work" and it brings me joy, your comments lift me to do better. While working on "Dancer" I happend to go through a number of Degas pastel works...

Ok, here is the skeptic or doubting Thomas. I know that art is in the eye of the beholder and there is no telling what can or will appeal to different folk. Now, as an "artist", and I mean this in the loosest sense possible.... When do you cross the line to accepting you are an artist and...

Hi folks, after seeing some of the pastel works of Sanlynn, I'm a bit hesitant to post. But here goes. Its a larger study of tiny dancer, 25x35 cm on Canson MT. Started with Rembrandt's and finished with senneliers. Really overworked sections trying to get proportions right. I used a grid and...

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