Showing posts with label pastel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pastel. Show all posts
Thursday, August 15, 2024

The Meadow at Stella Niagara

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A bit of American History-the large meadow across from Stella Niagara Education Park is the only level landing spot on the lower Niagar...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Niagara Falls power

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One more pastel before I return to using oil paint. It's a summer day and my friends are meeting at Three Sisters in Niagara Falls State...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Pastel! Umbrellas! Plein Air!

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 Although there were no customers when I began, a lunchtime crowd eventually filled the tables at Mississippi Mudd's riverside restauran...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Backyard garden flowers

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That's my granddaughter Amelia in the blue hat, she painted next to me with her new set of gel crayons. I hadn't used my pastels for...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

How I did it! Steps to a painting

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These are in my phone since last summer. It is a pastel on a brick colored Colourfix paper. Watch how the dark color modifies some of the sh...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Freedom Run Winery in October

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Saturday Pumpkins  9x12 pastel, 2021 Fall Saturdays need pumpkins! I found this pretty collection at Freedom Run Winery in Appleton. Some of...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Summer and Pastels in Buffalo

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The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is a prime painting spot all year long. The first problem is choosing a site, followed by some...
Monday, February 8, 2021

Hallwalls MidWinter's Draw

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 I was invited to film (on Zoom) a timed 45 minute painting. It is for Hallwalls annual fundraiser . I've attended the drawing rallies t...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Two Trips to the outer Harbor of Buffalo

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Paulette Jurek suggested painting at RCR Boatyard this summer. I was overwhelmed on arrival by the expansive vista, boats, buildings, rusted...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Darwin Martin House Pergola

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Darwin Martin chose Buffalo for his business selling soap. He became the first paid employee of the Larkin Company, worked his way up, ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Figure drawing

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The Carnegie Art Center has begun scheduling figure drawing opportunities in the evening. As much as I love the practice and challenge of f...
Sunday, September 9, 2018

Farm to Table in North Tonawanda

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Partner's Flowers, 9x12 pastel c.2018 Who can resist an evening paintout? These are marigolds and coleus in a window box in front...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Playing in the Sunflowers

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We decided to call it Tailgating at Sunflowers of Sanford with a number of other painters Arriving all morning. Arriving early, we backed o...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Using Pastels on Autumn Days

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As the days grow short and evening comes earlier, the shadows seem darker and are definitely longer. It's the best season to paint, bec...
Monday, October 9, 2017

Working with a dark background

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Clematis buds, about to open, are the second flowering of this climbing plant.  The fluffy light parts are from the previous blooming, the ...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Sunflowers!

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 Wow. I saw pictures on FB, a lovely color spread in the Buffalo News, how could I resist?  A few weeks ago my favorite painting of sun...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

Summer Tourist trapped!

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Friday on the Overlook I stole an afternoon and paid the dollar entry fee to paint on the overlook bridge by Prospect Park at Niagara...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

Orchids at the winter display

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Unfinished 10 days ago, I added a bit of color to the wall and played with soft and hard edges when the pace of the Christmas holidays fina...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Niagara Falls Red Coach Inn

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Near the American Falls there is a grassy hill overlooking the rapids. I went there to paint the rush of a zillion gallons of water but...

Thinking About Frank DiGaudio

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Frank was my stepdad and he suddenly died 3 weeks before 9/11. I'm glad he missed it but I wonder sometimes if he was lucky to be spare...
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