Working with Textures

Just off the easel..needing to be rephotographed..but this is my

iPhone photo.  I usually take my final photos with my Nikon,

it always gives me a better starting place when 

expecting to post a final piece.

Titled "Pacification" - pastel worked over watercolor 

texture on Art Spectrum 140 lb. natural Colourfix paper

(love that stuff)

adhered to gatorboard - 8.5" x 11".

Continuing to just love the outcomes

of these hidden subjects..getting really excited 

for the next one. 

Stay tuned.

A Pastel of Sunflowers

"Illumine"

9 x 12

pastel on Art Spectrum

Both my daughter and step-daughter are
 'floral designers'.
This pastel is done from a photo that my step-daughter shared with me.
She recently relocated from Denver to Boston
and bought these pretty sunflowers to help begin furnishing and decorating her flat in Boston -
looks as though it would feel pretty good with these 'big guys' smiling on the windowsill.
I like the feel of the Art Spectrum paper which I mounted on a piece of matboard.