Patricia's Pastels

Sunday, December 31, 2017

I have a website!

Hello All, and Happy New Year!
Some information has changed, and I wanted you to be aware - so here it is:

I have a new website http://patriciaspastels.weebly.com/
a FB page: https://www.facebook.com/patriciaspastels/ and
a new email address: patriciaspastels@gmail.com.

This blog will be disconnected in a few weeks; I hope to see you all at the new locations.

Patricia

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Calgary Parks

For me, one of the best things about Calgary is its parks. And I love painting them.
I plan to paint at least one park from every quadrant of the city. Here is the first batch, from the S.E. (2) and Center:

"Beaver Dam Flats Wooden Bridge". Soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

"Up the path you go". Soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

"Reader Rock Garden". Soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

Pet portraits

After painting people I decided to experiment with pets...

"Darth Vader", soft pastel on Pastelmat. Private collection.

"Fawkes", soft pastel on Pastelmat. Private collection.

"Chevy", soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

"Snickers" soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

Portrait workshop

After I participated in a Pastel Portrait workshop with Jane Romanishko I became inspired to paint people. Here are the results:

"Madonna", soft pastel on Pastelmat.

"Tibetan Nun", soft pastel on Pastelmat

"Coffee Break" soft pastel on prepared surface.

"Frida", soft pastel on Pastelmat.

"Marilen" soft pastel on Sennelier sanded paper.

Taormina

Back from my trip to Italy and inspired by the beauty around me, there are lots of paintings that want to come out... Here is the first one from that tip.

"Taormina" pastel painting on prepared surface; 35 x 26 cm.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Spirit Raven - again...

"Harvest Moon Raven II" pastel on prepared surface, 29 x 44 cm.

There are "hidden" birds in this painting... do you see them?

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Fountains of Andalucia

This is a series of fountains inspired on my recent trip to Spain. The Moorish ruins had been reconstructed and I was fascinated by the stonework, the nooks and crannies, the water features...