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“Slack-lining” – pastel painting
Slack-lining: kind of like tight-rope walking but with the line relatively low to the ground and relatively slack. You can tie a slack-line between any two posts or poles or trees and whether you’re by yourself or with a … Continue reading
Posted in Dry Media, Figures, Landscape, Pastels, Portraits
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And now for something completely different!
My favourite artists are the Impressionists (I discovered Renoir at the tender age of 12 and fell hard), closely followed by the Post Impressionists. One of my biggest challenges has been to paint less “realistically” (but still representationally) with the … Continue reading
Posted in Dry Media, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, dry pastel painting, Impressionism, Jasper, Jasper Alberta view, Jasper alley, journey, landscape, mountains, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, Perspective sketch, Rocky Mountains, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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Approaching the Columbia Icefields Parkway
This is the third and final pastel painting in this part of my series on the David Thompson Highway. After this one, the road turns onto the Columbia Icefields Parkway on the way to Jasper. The series will continue along … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Dry Media, Landscape, Pastels
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, autumn, Canadian pastel artist, Columbia Icefields Parkway, David Thompson Highway, dry media, dry pastel painting, fall colours, gold tamarack, journey, landscape, mountains, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, road trip, Rocky Mountains, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, tamaracks, visual art, Visual Arts
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Misty Mountains on the David Thompson Highway
A few weeks ago, we drove to Jasper (Alberta) for a mini-vacation for our 8th anniversary. Jasper is about a 4 hour drive from Edmonton normally, if you take Highway 16 (the Yellowhead,) but we decided to take a different, longer route. The David … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Dry Media, Landscape, Pastels
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