Art
Laurinda O’Conner Pastel Workshop in Maine (with Photos of Student Work)
We are so grateful for all Laurinda gave us in her bubbly way, with notans, underpainting techniques, and challenging us with incorporating neutrals with our brights.
Five Pastel Paintings I Painted this Week in Maine
Maine is a very varied place and has endless subjects to paint!
Recent Artist Journal Pages
My artist journals are where I try out either new ideas, like new compositional ideas, new color combinations, new materials, new ways to mix media, new mark making combinations, new layering methods, new concepts…
Two New Large Abstract Paintings in Black and White
It was time to ponder in monochromatic layering.
International Pastel Show Spring 2023
This show has very little pure abstraction in it, but I included the pieces I liked best for you to see in this post.
Blind Contour vs Peek Contour Drawing (Sketchbook Ideas #7)
To continue on our sketchbook series, let’s look at doing contour drawings. Above you can see an example of a blind contour drawing, where it is against the rules to look at your paper or lift your pencil. You keep your eyes fully on the object you are drawing– here it was leaves from our … Read more
Pondering Magnolia Shapes (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
I yearn to amplify and articulate them…
Spring Growth (New Abstract Mixed Media Collage)
I hope you too are growing this spring, like a watered garden unfolding and stretching in the sun!
Recent Pages in my Artist Journal (watercolor and ink)
It is so therapeutic and refreshing to spend some time with color when the results do not matter.
Sufficiency (New Large Abstract Pastel Painting)
Each one of us is enough and has everything needful. There is a striking simplicity to this fact.
Abstract Face Play (Experiments Part 1)
Let’s try something new: include people in our abstract paintings without being literal or realistic, or putting the eyes in the wrong place.