Days 25 and 26 - Mountain View I and II

Mountain View I
6 x 6, oil pastel on board

Mountain View II
6 x 6, oil pastel on board

Here are a pair of Blue Ridge pieces that stand alone (above) or as a pair (below).  Both are available here on my new website!

These were painted on rag board primed with Golden's Acrylic Pastel ground.  I used underpainting in Nupastel with an alcohol wash.  I love all of the marks that you get when you brush your own ground onto the board.

Stay tuned, I am almost caught up and finished with the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!

Bethany

Day 13 - Sunlit Path

"Sunlit Path"
oil pastel on board
8" x 10"
available here

Catching up on posting these finished paintings...I'm current with the paintings, just haven't had time to blog them (today is day 16).  I'm posting twice a day until I catch up!

This was another cabin from the Daniel Boone Native Gardens in Boone, NC.  

Thanks for reading!

Bethany

Day 7 - Wandering in the Garden

"Wandering in the Garden"
oil pastel on paper
8" x 10"
available here

Day 7 features another Boone painting based on our 2012 trip, which included the Daniel Boone Native Gardens.

I could keep working on this, adding more detail, but I wanted to keep it fresh and retain each stroke.  I love the oil pastel over watercolor on the Uart sanded papers.  

Going to get back to some more Vermont pictures for the next few days, stay tuned!

Bethany

Day 6 - Blue Ridge Summer

"Blue Ridge Summer"
oil pastel on gatorboard
10" x 10"
available here

A view of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Blowing Rock, NC.  A beautiful summer morning before afternoon showers rolled through.  There was actually a golf course in the valley.

I had a time with this one and may come back to it after the oil pastel dries out a bit.  I haven't worked much with terracotta underpainting lately, and I am finding I need to use a different technique than with the watercolor underneath.  The oil pastel built up too much and I had a hard time laying down more layers without getting too muddy.  For me, working quickly in oil pastel requires underpainting in local colors. This allows me to use the watercolor to lay down the foundation beneath the OP and not get too heavy with my application.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow! Thanks for reading,
Bethany

Just off the Easel: View from Moses Cone

A new painting from the photos I took in Boone last weekend... 

View from Moses Cone
oil pastel on board
8" x 10"
$60

This is a view from the Moses Cone Manor, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I have many more great images from our trip to paint from...stay tuned!

Thanks for reading!

Bethany