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Friday, August 06, 2010

Too much to blog about!

I have been slow in blogging so I don't know where to start.  I will start with this little painting I did yesterday, one of Jo's Notions.

Yesterday after "fixin'" things - other paintings. I decided to to a quick painting to get me settled down and help complete the painting "mood".  I took some "vista" photos around Angel Fire and one of the pics from the Angel Fire Resort Golf Course had these pots of geraniums in it.  I do love red and geraniums have a loose texture and very beautiful red color.  I could paint them all day.

Geraniums under painting.
 I started on tan Pastelbord.  I decide to brush on the first layer of pastel with water.  I didn't want the "beige" showing.  I know some people love the earth colors, but  -  I am not one of them.  :)  I brushed water with a small paint brush first over the yellow then the light area on the pots and kept going to the darkest parts.  Then I let it dry.  That doesn't take long in this high, dry altitude.  I think it is about 9,000 feet plus here.


Angel Geraniums, Pastel on Pastelbord, 5 x 7 inches





This painting is  available as a Jo's Notions for $50.00.  Free shipping in the U.S.

I will put glass, taped directly to the Pastelbord and ship that way.  You can pop the pastel and glass into a standard 5 x 7 frame of your choice.

The dark and detail in the leaves and the brilliance of the flowers do not show in this photo.  Digital photos, especially  red and blue,  are difficult to adjust for the computer views.   I guarantee my work, if you are not satisfied, return the painting and I will refund your money or apply it to another painting of your choice.

5 comments:

Joanna said...

Always like your paintings of flowers!

Rae Andrews, Contemporary Texas Artist in all media said...

Delightful Jo, love the simplicity.
How do you find shipping these with glass . Is that successful?

padmaja said...

very attractive work Jo! Do you spray fixative on it? since the frames come with glass, wont fixative be enough? Thanks in advance for clarification.

Jo Castillo said...

Joanna, thank you so much, daughter. I like painting flowers, especially geraniums. :)

Ray, thank you. I have had success mailing glass. I usually put it between foam core and plenty of bubble wrap, for the small ones. I have only mailed one large one with glass. I put light weight ply board after the foam core. It made it fine.

Jo Castillo said...

padmaja, I rarely use fixatif. Only if I have many layers of pastel and the surface doesn't want to accept more, I spray lightly and then it will accept more pastel. I frame pastels under glass, depending on the work whether I use a mat or frame directly on the pastel.


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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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