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Related: About this forumFinished this 12x16 pastel today. My own work, not a paint along.
On gray pastelmat with various soft pastels. Thank you for anyone who looks at this!
https://pin.it/3KHillo

soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Well done!
Those mountains. That sky!
LiberalLoner
(11,244 posts)GreenPartyVoter
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(11,244 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Very serene and tranquil paintings that you could lose yourself for a few minutes, wondering what might be seen beyond that tree or over the next hill.
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(11,244 posts)Shanti Mama
(1,288 posts)I've been working in oil pastels, as an alternative to oil paints. Am often drawn to soft pastels.
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(11,244 posts)livetohike
(23,445 posts)to be there right now.
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(11,244 posts)Grey
(1,584 posts)I love the colours and mood.
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(11,244 posts)DarthDem
(5,389 posts)I think it has a very impressionist quality to it. Great job!
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(11,244 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I love the boldness of colors and defined shapes and the the use of dark rich colors and shapes in the foreground which are offset by the soft blended pastels of the background and the sky. Youve captured the colors of the desert beautifully, showing depth and richness. The overall first impression is that it looks like an early morning or late evening scene of light coming from the left, close to or just rising or setting. The saguaro and the immediate foreground are quite intense with the sharp outline of the tree and the dark colors, including the use of solid black at the base of the tree blending into the blues of its shadow side and its cast shadow along the ground. What a nice touch!
The texture and strokes you use for the desert floor are bold and defined and visually intense with the darkest colors in the closer area blending into the lighter bright yellow ones of the grassy scrub. Then the mountains and sky are hazier, applied and blended with softer and lighter colors and the scene recedes in the distance.
Your application of colors and shapes go from the hard strokes of pastels of the elements that are visually closer to the softer blending and application of the colors and shapes of the mountains and the sky. What Im trying to say is that your painting is not just visually stunning as a desert landscape but that the strokes of color and the way you laid them down is a strong element in the viewing of the picture. Your use of the broadside of the light blue pastel In your mountains soften the shape and give the perception of atmospheric haze creating the softness.
You dont need to do paint alongs, though you might like it, because you know what youre doing. I think you did a great job!
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(11,244 posts)sarge43
(29,169 posts)Thank you for posting.
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(11,244 posts)NNadir
(35,928 posts)...between Marsden Hartley and Cezanne, very accomplished.
My son is a far more accomplished art critic than I could ever be, given his formal training so I may work up the courage to ask if he agrees.
Thanks for sharing.
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(11,244 posts)DENVERPOPS
(12,440 posts)I love people who are artistically gifted.....
Keep up the good work and show us more!
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(11,244 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)RESIST!
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(11,244 posts)vercetti2021
(10,447 posts)Feels very Van Gogh!
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(11,244 posts)Dem_in_Nebr.
(319 posts)I'm proud to be on DU with such creative people!!!
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(11,244 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,356 posts)great art work. Thank you for sharing.
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(11,244 posts)drray23
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(11,244 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,274 posts)i only did figure drawings on spray painted paper. never tried more....hmmm.
LiberalLoner
(11,244 posts)Part of the soft pastel category. Why didnt you like working with soft pastels?
pansypoo53219
(22,274 posts)i have yet to figure out posting pics, but i slap my stuff up on pansypoos-rant-page.
one of my bigger series for art fairs. i smear midnight blue on paper & draw primitive animals over the blue.
Ellipsis
(9,300 posts)Love the pallette.
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(11,244 posts)lark
(25,092 posts)Love the shadows on the cacti, makes it look like a cloud shadow to me, and adds so much visual interest. It's the kind of painting I'd love to hang in my house or if it was in a museum or show, I'd definitely stop and look at it for a while & absorb the peacefulness.
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(11,244 posts)lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)Beautiful work.
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(11,244 posts)femmedem
(8,508 posts)The atmospheric perspective is perfect. And those colors are singing!