Humpty Repeat

Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween!

"Humpty Repeat"
9" x 12"
Pastel on LaCarte

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Detail:

 

High Perch

Thursday, October 25, 2012

"High Perch"
Pastel on LaCarte
5"x 7"

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 Detail

 

CAG Still Life Demo's

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A couple more still life demo's from the CAG workshop last weekend. For the "Blue Jar" I used gouache as an under painting on Wallis paper. The "Vase" is another example of working from large to small shapes on a smoother paper.

"Blue Jar"

5" x 7"

Pastel on Wallis

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"Vase"

6" x 6"

Pastel on Canson

CAG workshop

Monday, October 22, 2012
The Cheyenne Art Guild hosted my workshop this past weekend. A special thanks to Gail Watford and Nini Simon-Laycock for setting it up. It was a lot of fun!

Cheyenne Art Guild

Here's a couple of my demo's from the CAG workshop showing the process of working from large to small shapes.

"Old Man"

Pastel on Canson

7" x 10"

"Chickadee"

5" x 7"

Pastel on textured panel

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Pretty Boy

 Thursday, October 18, 2012
Included in today's post is a small demo on the process I used for painting "Pretty Boy". The support I used is gatorboard with a sand colorfix primer.

 

 "Pretty Boy"

5" x 7"

pastel

Beemanm@optimum.net

 Detail;

 

I started with a general sketch of Pretty Boy...keeping it simple, not a lot of detail, just enough to indicate where the placement will be.

 Here I used a set of opaque gouache.

I blocked in a little color to indicate major shapes.

I began to redefine the outline.

 Next, I started to block in with the pastels, beginning with the eye and beak wanting to get this placement right.

I decided not to use some of the background color I initially laid in but instead to glaze a little color over it, maybe letting some of the gouache show through . Also,I started to develop the breast, legs and tail.

 I did a little more work on the background , rendered the eye ring, and adjusted the lights on the head and breast.

Palette

Easy Chair

 Wednesday, October 17, 2012
This was a demo I did at the Sagebrush Community Arts Center this past weekend, using gouache on a textured surface for the pastel.

"Easy Chair"
6" x 6"
Pastel
Beemanm@optimum.net

Detail

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Pastel Workshop

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Sagebrush Community Art Center in Sheridan, WY hosted my pastel workshop this past weekend. I enjoyed reconnecting with some old friends and meeting new ones...we had a great time!

Sagebrush Community Art Center
 Sheridan Wyoming

Feathered Friend

Thursday, October 11, 2012

"Feathered Friend"
6" x 6"
Pastel
Beemanm@optimum.net


Detail

Detail