"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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"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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"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

"California Poppies", finished!

"California Poppies", 54 x 8"

Silk fabric, dyes.

Finished and steam silk painting.

It was a total joy to work with.

More will be coming.

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Poppies in silk... almost finished!

One more update on my poppy painting...

The painting part is done. Tomorrow evening I'll steam it and then

it will be truly finished.

It will be one more update posted for this work, as it is nearly done...

Stay tuned!

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More progress with those poppies!... Silk painting.

Last night I steamed my poppies, what set colors in

and now I have permanent underpainting.

I leaf along background and treated flowers with

flow-stopping agent. As soon it dried, I finished all details.

You can see the difference in blocked in side (on the right) vs 

finished one (on the left). After second side will be finished,

this piece will be steamed one more time and my work with it will be done...

Probably will take me two more days. Stay tuned!

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Silk Poppies in progress.

Another update on my silk scarf with poppies.

Now it is all blocked in and ready for steaming.

I'm going to do second touch-up after that,

 but mean while... keeping my fingers crossed

that steam will do good job...

More updates will be coming in a day or two.

Poppies on silk. Work in progress.

"California Poppies", dyes on silk.

One more painting in progress. Will post more as it goes.

Enjoying those reds on rainy day.

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Two more silk pieces - finished!

 Happy to share with You those two newly finished pieces -

Iris Garden motif - green version

and second reproduction of my "Spring Joy" design with schnauzers.

Same as my first one "Spring Joy II" already has an owner.

Irises are still available. Contact me about this one, if interested!

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More silks in progress.

This week I'm working on two silk pieces at once.

One is actually sold already, even it is not yet finished.

Those are the same design I used before, but with some modifications.

I'm posting a fragment of one of those works. Tomorrow it is going to steamer,

as well as second piece, what is almost done.

Keeping my fingers crossed on both... hope they turn out beautifully!

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"Purple Irises", painting on silk.

Last night I finished my latest silk painting with purple Irises.

Still need to steam it one more time, but guess what?...

It will have to wait as today we managed to run out of propane!

If we will be lucky enough, we may have it delivered next week,

or I'll have to figure out something else...

Silk steaming is important, but so is making of food.

So we need that propane, of working hot plate,

or some other sort of kitchen solution.

Sooooo.... I can not fix those things at the moment, but I still can paint those!

Above - detail of Iris-painting on habotai.

Above - first stage of painting vs second stage.

You can clearly see the difference.

I think I enjoy working in two sessions to get the maximum

from my painting.

Hope You enjoy those! 

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Purple Irises, Day 2.

Second day of me working on this scarf.

It is ready now for steaming session to set the colors.

Above - elements of painting.

Below - scarf on its stretcher frame.

I'm ready for more, but that will be tomorrow.

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More silk paintings in progress.

 Today got to work a bit more on my silks.

 Finished my rose painting (below). Now it waiting to be steamed.

Spent some time working on design of purple irises

for another scarf. Made it work and even blocked whole thing to the silk.

Tomorrow - steaming of roses and finishing of blocking those irises.

Looking forward to it... Should be very exiting! 

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"Fire and Ice", work in project.

Last week was busy and I didn't work much on any of my art projects.

However, now I'm back to another silk painting.

I call it :"Fire and Ice", as it is going to be a portrait of white and red rose.

It is still in progress, about half-way done.  I think I'm just going to frame this one.

Stay tuned! 

Next week I'm going to post finished painting.

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"Spring Joy". Silk painting.

 My latest art project was another painting on silk.

I wanted to make something very different from just regular

"wall-hanging" piece of art, therefore I made it

to be wearable one.

I made one of my schnauzer-dog into my model

and added some bright tulips from the last spring photoshoot.

I love my dogs and I love my flowers!...

I combined both and got beautiful idea for this piece

what I called "Spring Joy".

 This is a hand-painted with silk dyes one-of-a-kind scarf

decorated with spring blooms and pictures of dogs.

It is finished now and I only have to steam it in a day or two to set the colors.

I'm ready for the next project and ready for spring!

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"Gloriouse Hibiscus" is accepted at Randy Higbee 6x6" exhibition, Costa Mesa, CA.

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2014 The Sylvia Maria Glesmann floral exhibition acceptance.

Honored to find out that my Oil Pastel "Trinity"

was accepted into The Sylvia Maria Glesmann floral exhibition

at Salmagundi Art Club.

Show reception will be held on Tuesday, September 30th, 6-8pm.

Forty-Seven Fifth Avenue | New York, NY.

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"One Day of Glory", Oil Pastel.

"One Day of Glory", 12 x 12",

Oil Pastel, Pastelmat.

Latest Oil pastel floral piece. this time I got to try Pastelmat

for my Oil Pastels... and I LOVE it!

I can do all the dry-brushing I want without shredding my brushes.

But still... this is the sanded surface and it grabs and holds Oil Pastels very well!

Also... I tried about all solvents I have on my shelf with this support,

 and it performed well with everything - water, mineral spirit, alcohol....

I may just have found another favorite support for Oil Pastel paintings.

Maybe... Perhaps I did.
Currently offered at DPW auction (unframed).

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"Pas de deux", Pastel.

"Pas de deux", 10 x 8", WC & Pastel.

Just off my easel, small mixed-media work (watercolor/pastel)

depicting two red poppies, sign of summer...

With sort of spring we having this year I miss worm days

and constantly painting something bright and summer-like.

This work is available at DPW auction.

Click here to bid.

"Pas de trois", Oil Pastel, WIP.

 "Pas de trois" , 10 x 8", Oil Pastel.

Mounted U-art 280.

 I did this painting free-handed, no precise drawing whatsoever in 

Caran D'Ache Supracolor pencils.

 I worked by sections turning pencil drawing into watercolor wash.

 Above - finished underpainting with some hint of  Oil Pastel.

 Above - finished Oil Pastel blocking.

And finished painting of course.

A bit different for me - I had plenty of fun with background

on this one and usually background is the part I mostly neglect.

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