Regina and I had an art show a few years ago called the "Pastel Pair" which featured our pear paintings. It was so much fun. Oh, my gosh! I just looked and it was June 4, 2005. And, as usual, I regress.
Back to pears, they are almost as much fun for me as painting apples. I will include a painting here that I did as a demo when I had a show at the First State Bank here in Bastrop. I don't have a good photo of it to submit to the Pearathon, but it was one of my favorite pear paintings so I will show it to you anyway.
I can't find the record of it to see the name, etc. It was 5 x 7 inches, pastels on purple Daler-Rowney paper. Someone won it as a door prize.
I made it larger in Photo Shop Elements, but you know that it is hard to make more pixels than you already have and I could only find the small thumbnail photo. Sad, isn't it? I'm glad I keep better records, now.While looking for a better photo, I found a photo of my first pastel which calls for another post. Hmmm.
8 comments:
I happen to have some pares - maybe I will give it a try.
Jo - Thank you for posting the Pearathon! I already got a new pear from Jeanne Grant (via this post) that I will be including today.
Beside the rules that it must be art and not computer work or photo, and that a pear must play a leading role in the image, the main thing is that I would like artists to send me a link to their pear on either Picasa or their website / blog.
Thank you! anjou (at) pearathon (dot) com
No problem Regina. I think it is fun and I reworded my paragraph a little. :) I really liked Jeanne's pear, I saw it on the Scavenger Hunt.
Bag Blog, Oh, that will be nice. I bet you can do some great pears. I look forward to them.
What a fun idea!!! Maybe I should stop eating mine and paint them instead. I love the unusual hot background color in this one.
Thanks, Joan. Yes, for some reason pears are fun to paint. Paint and then eat. :)
Jo: Pears really have an unusual shape and I appreciate the way you artist are able to show the changes.
Thanks fishing guy. I like pears, but apples really shine!
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