One of the things we did in Sunday's workshop was to prepare our own surfaces with pumice and gesso. I had some left over so I used it up on some canson board. It created quite a rough surface which made this cup of coffee a bit more painterly. I do...

'Early to Rise' 5x7 pastelI have been itching to paint something from my trip to South Carolina but I just had too much going on last week. I am hoping that this week will be quiet with plenty of time to finish my commissions and prepare...

'Edge of the Pond' 8x10 pastelHere is another plein air painting I completed last week in South Carolina. It was drizzling when we visited the pond so instead of setting up our easels we sketched and took notes. I did a 2x3 color study of the cattails...

'Intimate Marsh' 5x7 pastelI had just finished my 5th painting of the same marsh view. I was on a roll and had been painting for a couple of hours. It was just such a picture perfect view I felt no need to move on and find...

I have 12 new challenge paintings to share. Here they are in collage format. Some of them have been featured on my blogs but I think it's fun to see them all together. These are some of my moody variations!