Day 20 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

Hillside Farm 6.5" x 10" Pastel on UArt paper.

Today I decided to paint something green. It was a gray day outside and the snow is melting and looking dirty, so I didn't really feel like going outside to paint.This was painted from a photo I took in summer. I don't really know why but my attention is often drawn to rusting metal roofs.

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Day 18 ~ February Challenge

Cirrus Clouds ~ En Plein Aire 12" x 9" Pastel on Richeson Pastel Paper

It was another unseasonably warm winter day, so I headed out to paint outdoors. I didn't travel far, just to the field behind my house.The sky was intensely blue with high, thin cirrus clouds. It was great to be outside. Working on the  Richeson paper was new to me and I liked the rough texture and deep tooth.

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Day 14 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

East Shore - Plein Air, 12.5" x 9"

It was another great day to be outdoors painting.Though I would have liked to spend maybe half hour more on this one, but the clouds rolled in very quickly becoming completely overcast and the wind started whipping, so I called it finished and headed inside.

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Day 13 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

Winter Lakeshore 10" x 10"

Today was a great day to be painting outdoors. The sun was warm and the temperature around 42. I sat at the end of the dock and painted the long shadows of the trees acroos the snow-covered ice.  The shoreline weeds sticking up above the ice were catching the sun's rays and the sky was deep blue with wispy clouds

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Day 12 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

Hills and Clouds 7" x  9" Pastel on Uart 400 grit pastel paper.

On this blustery, winter day I enjoyed working in the sutdio from my reference photos taken when the temperatures were warm and it was a fine day to be outside.

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Day 10 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

Winter River Light 7 x 9

Here's the revised version of yesterday's painting. I got so involved in this one, that I didn't complete a new painting to post today. Check yesterday's post to see the work-in-progress.

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Day 9 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

 This is a photo of the underpainting for Winter River Light. The underpainitng was sketched with hard Nu-Pastels and then a brush and alcohol was used for the underpainting.

I love using Uart paper because it accepts this wet technique. Not all pastel papers will stand up to getting wet.

Winter River Light 7 x 9" Pastel on Uart paper, is a work-in-progress. I still need to "clean-up" the shapes of the trees and branches, and the sun shapes filtering through the branches. 

Day 8 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

Hay Bales and Morning Mist 5.5" x 7"

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Day 7 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

Autumn Fields 10' X 12" Pastel on Uart Paper

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Day 5 ~ February Challenge 28-in-28 Days

From the Top of Rib Mountain 6 x 8 Pastel on Uart paper