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pastel Portraits - Red-heads!

Submitted by Michelle Wegler Art on Tue, 2012-02-21 15:27
 

Underpainting a paper for a pastel painting is always an adventure unto itself - you never know what the dried underpainting will look like until it's dry. The underpainting for "Alison" was more concerned about light and dark than color, so the dried paper looked as I had hoped. Ugly, but accurate. Visitors to the studio who see a work at this stage are usually at a loss for words!

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Woodrough goes home

Submitted by markjuby on Mon, 2012-02-20 02:03
 

Last weekend "Woodrough" was handed over to its new owners. They seemed very pleased with it, and the painting now hangs in the magnificent house it depicts.

Another nice warm feeling.

 

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Pastel Portraits - Red-heads!

Submitted by Michelle Wegler Art on Fri, 2012-02-10 11:25
 

Paper selection is an important step in the planning and design of a pastel painting. Pastelpainting is unique in that there is such a variety of papers that can be used to create the paintings. Each of these surfaces have a texture, or "tooth", that the pastel pigment particles adhere to. Some are smoother than others, some are very gritty, much like sandpaper.

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Time out for camp!

Submitted by Michelle Wegler Art on Mon, 2012-02-06 18:48
 

Painting red-heads for the exhibit had been the focus of my painting recently. But it was time for winter camp! Winter camp is a plein air painting event that's part of the Grand Marais Winter Festival. Artists gathered at a wilderness camp, not accessible by road, and painted, outside, for up to a week.

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Pastel Portraits - Red-heads!

Submitted by Michelle Wegler Art on Tue, 2012-01-31 18:17
 

When faced with a major project the question is, "Where do I start?" No different with a painting project! The idea of painting red-heads had been brewing in me for a long time, so I had a collection of photos of possible subjects. First step was to look through those, compare them to my ideas, and plan that first painting.

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Sold "Painting boats at Shoreham"

Submitted by markjuby on Fri, 2012-01-27 05:22
 

Some more good news. It was great that the purchaser, and his twin 9 year old sons, really liked the picture and wanted to buy it for his wife's (the mother's) birthday.

Sad to see it go, but a nice warm feeling at the same time.

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Pastel Portraits - Red-heads!

Submitted by Michelle Wegler Art on Mon, 2012-01-16 15:19
 

My father had red hair, so I thought I had a good chance of having red-haired children. Two blue-eyed blondes and a blue-eyed brunette were my little blessings. Red-heads continued to intrigue me, though.

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Good morning Sunday

Submitted by paintslinging on Sun, 2012-01-15 07:54
 

Ahhhh, my coffee is extra good this morning. I've been working on reorganizing my gallery here at Studio Exhibits.  I'm looking forward to seeing some fresh work from our beautiful new community. Have you noticed how the new look shows all the work so crisp and clean? Tell me what you think about our new on-line market place.

Cheers! Victoria

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The Wave

Submitted by markjuby on Tue, 2012-01-10 00:57
 

After much consideration, I have to decided to list this painting for sale. It is has attracted interest and received some very positive feedback locally. Oil is not a mdeium I use frequently, but applied with a palette knife, as done here, it produces a dramatic, almost sculptural effect.

Hopefully someone will like it enough to want it in their home.

See more in the gallery http://www.studioexhibits.com/gallery/mark-juby

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