Santarita Cactus-Pastel Plein Air Painting

A quick 1 hour pastel of these real cool cactus around the corner from my yard. It is 8" x10" on wallis paper and the colors sure were fun! (What I call huggable". I will paint some more of these this fall as my art classes will begin again in January.

Hummingbird 1-New Pastel Painting

A new painting fresh off the easle. This is an 11" x 14" pastel painting titled Hummingbird 1. The first of a series planned for the winter of 2009-2010. I used creative liscence for the coloration, but it is roughly based on a broad-bill species. I used mostly Sennelier soft pastels on Wallis Museum pastel paper, which gave way to brilliant colors, and of course some alterations to the natural colors of the bird. Let me know your thoughts, I've got 9 more scheduled to come.......fun, fun, fun!

Painting SOLD 10/21/09