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Category Archives: charcoal
A Bold Plan! (or Am I Biting Off More Than I Can Chew?)
It seems that in the last several years, the concept of creative types setting a time-limited challenge for themselves to get some work done has become more and more popular. For writers, the 3-Day Novel Contest and NaNoWriMo come immediately … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, charcoal, Dry Media, Edmonton, Figures, Landscape, Pastels, Still Life, Urban Landscape, Writing
Tagged 3 Day Novel contest, Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, Christmas, Daily Painting, Daily sketching, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, ice hockey, Jackie Parker Park, journey, landscape, Millwoods, NaNoWriMo, Painting, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, poinsettias, shinny hockey, skating, skating pond, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, still life, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts, winter
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Portrait commissions completed!
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to finish three portraits. I was off to a great start in February, and then March and April happened. April 2015 – a month that will live in infamy (at least in … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, charcoal, Commissions, Dry Media, Figures, Pastels, Portraits
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Painting, pastel art, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastellist, portrait, portrait painting, portraits of children, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, visual art
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WIP – Cohiba Sunset
I’ve managed to get a bit more done on this work in progress. I like how he’s coming along!
Posted in 2015, charcoal, Dry Media, Figures, Pastels, Portraits, Social Situations, Works in Progress (WIP)
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel painting, portrait, portrait painting, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, visual art, Visual Arts
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Portrait Commissions
I’ve been working on these commissions since the end of January (off and on) and am finally seeing them come together. I’m finding that I need to “play” in between times – doodle Cutie-Pies, start my own projects, and deal … Continue reading
Pastel and alcohol-wash underpainting
I’ve been working on commissions over the past several weeks, and decided to take a break. Started something new: a larger format (22″ x 30″ sanded pastel paper) with an alcohol wash underpainting. The paper is eating up my pastels … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, charcoal, Dry Media, Figures, Pastels, Portraits, Works in Progress (WIP)
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, drawing, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Painting, pastel art, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastellist, portrait, portrait painting, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, visual art, Visual Arts
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