"A New Beginning", again

"A New Beginning", Pastel, "7x5"

I am delighted to share that I have received an Honorable Mention for "A New Beginning".  It is currently in the New Braunfels Art League show, "Small Works for Big Holidays", in New Braunfels, Texas.  The show has some beautiful art work on display and will be running until December 29, 2014, and it is a must see.  The show was judged on all media (no categories).

For the whole story, go to my blog of August 2014 (right column, Blog Archive).

"Lunch in the Garden", Finished

After squeezing in a day here and a day there, I have finished "Lunch in the Garden".  Yeaaah!!  Now I need to frame it so I will stop over thinking it and piddle.  Nothing else to add, except-----enjoy.

"Lunch in the Garden", Pastel on velour board, 12"x24"

"Lunch in the Garden", WIP #6

Well, I have been away from my studio for three weeks and I am so anxious to get back to this painting.  This WIP is where I left off.  When I had last worked on it, I had decided I wanted to put more blue violet in the flowers.  Somehow I had gotten them too red violet.  Plus, I want to work on the background to add more depth to it.  And here I thought I was almost done!  Really shouldn't take much more time :).  The last thing I will do is adding detail to the flowers of the top butterfly, a little at the middle one, and haven't decided about the bottom butterfly.  The hardest thing will be knowing when to stop.

So, my next post should be the finished painting.

Enjoy, and thanks for reading.

Pastel on velour board, 24"x12"