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Figure Drawing on Fridays
My class was having fun with cheap pastels today…
Recent landscape project
Working on a pastel over watercolor painting Contra Loma Reservoir…
Heading off to Costa Rica!!!
I will be climbing aboard that redeye tomorrow night for another great painting trip to Costa Rica! 8 full days in the beautiful Guanacaste coastside… our seventh painting trip. I will try to post photos as we go along…
Demo in process, Still Life in Chalk Pastel class
I am working on a two week pastel painting, a demo for my Tuesday night class. I will finish it up next week, but here are some in-progress images… Note that I am keeping as loose as possible, with overlapping edges that I can refine as needed. Symmetrical objects like vase usually need tweaking near … Read more
Come visit us in Crockett this weekend!
Join us to celebrate the opening of Sugar City Atelier and enjoy the Crockett Artists Open Studios and Gallery shows Jody Mattison, Doug Riggs, Anna Rockwell and Randall Sexton have opened a new teaching and studio space in the historic Epperson Building We will be showing work as well as opening our new … Read more
An enjoyable evening at Las Juntas Artist Association
This is me, demonstrating still life painting for a most gracious group of artists in Pleasant Hill, the Las Juntas Artist Association. This is the second time I painted in front of this group… The first time, five years or so ago, I did an burnt umber underpainting and partial grisaille of a teapot … Read more
Omg black pastel paper
I decided to use up some of the black paper left after I have used all of the lovely gray in my Strathmore pad… Mind bender! Many artists used toned paper or canvas, something in a middle tone. I prefer that myself… Lets me work in the darks and the lights, and the value of … Read more