"Touch of Fire", Pastel.

"Touch of Fire", 8 x 10"

Pastel on Pastelbord.

Painted this small piece mostly from memory as I have painted it before.

I started this as demo painting for my pastel class I teach

this month at Mechanicsburg Art Center and Galleries.

In this class students learn about various ways of

utilizing of underpainting for pastel work.

This piece combine value toning of the surface

with watercolors and finished with pastels.

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Fall at New England... with some pastels!

Untitled 6 x 9" location sketch.

Pastels on Wallis paper.

We with my friend Claire Barnwell just returned from our trip to CT,

 where we were painting and enjoying beauty of New England's Fall.

I ended up with only 4 paintings this time, but brought

much reference materials to play with.

We were blessed with wonderful weather,

met some of my old friends, and I was happy to introduce m

my friend to my favorite Pastel-Guru, Richard McKinley.

We had wonderful time, many adventures and

some repeated misfortunes with our car...

What didn't prevent us from painting.

I will be posting more photos with the time, as I get to it.

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"Drama Queen", Pastel.

"Drama Queen", 12 x 12", Pastel on Wallis.

This is my latest pastel piece painted on no more available Wallis Belgium Mist

sanded paper. I still have few pieces of it, love it, but no reason to keep it precious...

When it all will be gone I'll switch to UART and see what happens.

After all, sanded paper is and only sanded paper...

this is a portrait of one of our Garden Lillies. I'm not sure what kind she is.

We got this single bulb on Lilitopia show at Longwood gardens.

 I didn't know they will have anything for sale and only had few bucks of cash on my pocket..

So we ended up with this beauty with no name. Beautiful, dramatic, especially in the dark.

I'm glad I finally got a chance to paint her... Love my lilies!

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"Waterway with Lilies", pastel.

"Waterway with Lilies",

12 x 12", Pastel on Pastelbord.

Sometimes, when revisiting one of those old favorite paintings, 

I starting to think :"What if..."

What if I would have done this different, or that different,

 soften that edge, play contrast here or there...

Well, good news, when I'm looking at one of my PASTEL paintings,

it all is still possible.

"Paintings are never finished, just abandoned..."

I think it perfect description of pastel paintings. 

One can always go back... if only one has a desire!...

With this in mind I spent my evening playing with this piece.

It is a risky game sometime, but today it just worked out for me.

So here is a new version of 'Waterways".

I like it. I hope You do too.

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Creek study, Pastel.

Another study of my beloved Cove Creek,

two miles or so down on a road from where we live...

This one was done on U-art 400 with some underpainting.

I used my Plein Air set of pastels to do this painting.

something I do off and on in studio setting

to stay comfortable with lesser color choices.

This painting is currently offered at DPW auction.

"Koi Play", Crepe de Chine.

Another finished silk piece, this one is Crepe De Chine,

 very different "canvas" to work on... but it was fun.

I will be holding another silk painting class later this fall.

Please feel free to contact

The Art Center
for more information.

Keystone National 2015 and more...

This season I'm keeping my art show list to the bare minimum,

however I'm happy to share recent news about one of my latest pastel pieces,

"Coast Guard Beach" being accepted into

 Keystone National Works on Paper 2015.

As some of You know, Keystone National will run from September 11 till October 2

with opening reception being held on September 11 from 6pm to 8pm @

the Art Center School & Galleries in Mechanicsburg.

Meanwhile, in August I will have two of my other paintings 

exhibited at Art Center as part of "Student and Teacher show",

what will run from August 14 to 29.

Reception for this exhibition will be held on the last day of show, 

August 29  from 1 to 3 pm.

If You around - stop by to see some art work and enjoy some ice cream!

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"Starry Night". Silk painting.

"Starry Night", 11 x 11",

Dupont silk dyes on Habotai silk.

Latest silk piece, made as demo for my students.

Double-steamed to preserve background effects. Enjoy!

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"In Those Grasses", pastel.

"In Those Grasses",  11 x 14", Pastel.

Another piece painted in memory of summer 2014

when we went to see our friends in Massachusetts.

Field of wildflowers full of light and color. 

Never getting tired of those.

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"English Garden", Silk Painting.

"English Garden", 11 x 11"

Dupont silk dyes on Habotai 8 mm silk.

Happy to share my first silk work done with those famous French dies...

I hear a lot about those basically main things was -

not to be compared to anything else...

Guess what?.. That is right! Love that stuff! Totally amazing possibilities.

Need to mention, being a primary pastel artist, I'm lazy when it comes 

to color mixing... However I only bough a primary pallet of French dyes

to try those out... So it was whole brand-new experience for me.

Yes, it CAN BE done only with 3 colors, however I would add black to it.

Little reminder:

I'll be instructing silk painting class at

Mechanicsburg Art Center and Gallery.

You still have some time to sign up!

http://theartcenterschoolandgalleries.com/store/#!/Silk-Painting-101