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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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“Creek in Autumn” soft pastel painting
Jackie Parker Park has been the inspiration for many of my pastel paintings and I expect I will paint many more. This will be the last one for 2014 and I am really happy with it.
Posted in 2014, Dry Media, Landscape, Pastels
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, autumn, Canadian pastel artist, creek, creek in fall, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, holbein pastels, Holbein soft pastels, Jackie Parker Park, journey, landscape, Millwoods, Painting, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, visual art, Visual Arts
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Back to Jackie Parker Park – pastel painting
A limited palette pastel painting of Mill Creek as it runs through Jackie Parker Park in Millwoods, done last week. I hadn’t painted anything since I finished the Newcastle commissions – just over two weeks of not painting! My break … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, charcoal, Dry Media, Landscape, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, holbein pastels, Jackie Parker Park, landscape, Millwoods, Painting, pastel art, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastellist, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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“Stiltwalkers at the Faire”
Last summer we attended an outdoor showing of The Princess Bride at Sir Winston Churchill Square downtown. (Love that film!) We arrived downtown with our camp chairs at 7:00 p.m., and good thing we got there so early because … Continue reading
Posted in Dry Media, Figures, Illustration, Landscape, Pastels, Social Situations, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Jackie Parker Park, landscape, medieval costume, medieval faire, middle ages costume, Millwoods, Painting, Pastel, pastel painting, pastel paintings, Sennelier, society for creative anachronism, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, stilt walkers, stilts, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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Blooming Lilies Pastel Paintings
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ I decided to try painting something I don’t think I’ve tried before with pastels – flowers. Two tiny, quick pastel paintings “Blooming on the Back Fence 1 and 2” from photos of lilies we had before that corner was … Continue reading
Posted in Dry Media, Illustration, Landscape, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, back garden, back yard garden, Canadian pastel artist, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, flower painting, flowers, landscape, lilies, Millwoods, Painting, painting lilies, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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