Today I'm painting on an acrylic flower painting, petunias. I also started a pastel painting of some garlic cloves. I bought them yesterday at Walmart. I rarely buy groceries there, but was with Janice so went ahead and got it while I was thinking about it. I opened up the little box this morning to put the cloves in a bowl and wouldn't you know it, they had been there so long that they are sprouting. Perfect for painting! Let's see if I get the painting done before they just go bad.
In the meantime I will show you the little colt. I got the picture from the images on wetcanvas.com. Cbrooks put the photo up in 2007. Thank you.
Colt, 8 x 8 inches, pastel on Pastel Artist Panels, by Multimedia Artboard. I bought the panels from Dakota Art. The panels are very close to Colourfix sanded paper. Very even, hold the pastel well and did not buckle as I did an under painting with pastel and water. It was a fun exercise and gave me some practice. I love horses so that spurred me to try the colt. It is just for me. I don't have any photos of colts on hand to paint to sell even if I wanted to.
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| Prim and Proper, pastel on Pastelbord, 5 x 7 inches |
The second painting I worked on last week was for the Austin Kappa Derby Day exhibit. Information on the side panel under exhibits. You may recall that I made a photo box for the silent auction which you can view here. I love the wildflowers and the primroses are just so interesting to paint. These were in our yard.
7 comments:
Toby says "horse colt" too. Must be a New Mexico thang.
Bag Blog, hmmmm . Maybe a horse colt is a male. I'm trying to remember. I didn't even notice I said that. Sort of redundant otherwise, eh? Ha. I just googled it and a colt is a male under 4 and a female under 4 is a filly. I didn't think they were fillies until they were yearlings. Learn something every day don't we.
Gene says he always says horse colt for a male. Must be a NM thang for sure.
The colt is so cute!!!
I like the primroses as well. I wouldn't expect to like pink flowers but I love primroses!
Thank ye, Joanna. I like primroses, too. I need to do them in watercolor, would be softer I think.....
Primroses are probably made for watercolor!
Joanna, you are so right. This painting had to be in pastel for the Austin Pastel Society, but I will try a watercolor.
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