This is the completed demo I began last week for the Brenham Arts League here in Texas. I possibly spent only 30 minutes on the actual demo as I had already done a longer one and time was short. This image is on white velour paper. The steps of this are below.. I like to work a lot of negative painting into my background first, and the flower/s evolve as the painting progresses. I did not pre draw to begin with, merely used 'VEILS' of pastel marks over the surface first to disturb the surface tension. After this I referred to my photo of a flower and sketched a little over these marks to give me a 'road map' of a flower so to speak. I like movement in my works, and not sticking to a plan, just allowing the painting to tell me what it wants to do. Here are the steps. This image is a pastel on velour paper (unframed) 19.5" x 25.5" $550 plus S/H Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America: ...
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