A Walk to the Well in Pastel

My first attempt at pastels

A Palette Cleanser

I've been spending so much time updating my etsy shop with digital designs that it was so refreshing being in the 3D world of art again. I had this set in my mind for awhile and finally had time today to paint all 4. They will be available individually or as a set. I'm pretty sure that the first post of this blog with the 4 panels influenced this latest one so thanks girls! 

Fall

Although fall is over, I want to share some impressions of fall.
On one side the color grey symbolizes sadness and depression, and on the other side red demonstrates a warm and colorful atmosphere. The strong trees brave the stormy season. This is fall for me.
By the way...
Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage.
Reddish-brown is associated with harvest and fall.

(Found in http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html).

Peaceful winter

A fun couple of hours with my nephew Connor.

Winter Village II - progression

I'd always wanted to show the progress on a paining because I'm always so intimidated at the beginning by starting with a blank canvas. Then all of a sudden it's the end and I'm relieved and I forget all about the fun I had inbetween! So I think tracking my progress will help me in the future gain a little patience at the start.

I started with white and blue streaks all down the canvas and then I charcoaled in the outline of the houses and then blocked in color which will be the opposite hue of the final colors.
Here I'm adding the rooftops.

After blocking in the opposite color on the houses, I'm now adding all the windows and their details.

After covering all the houses with snow, I'm adding in the trees, the little people sledding and skiing and the snowman. Finally I add the most important detail that I forgot on the original Winter Village - Snow Splatter! In fact I was splattering so much that I got snow all over the frame that was hanging out to the right of the paining. I decided to leave it on the frame and pretend I intended it all along.

Lady Bug Picnic

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