I was fooling around with watercolor underpaintings today – the painting on the right was first, with watercolor washes put in and then dark and warm areas highlighted with pastel pencils. I decided it was too linear and harsh-looking so I put the whole thing in the sink and washed it off, letting the color flow wherever. The underpainting on the left is the final one. I like the softness of the edges and will try to keep that feeling in my pastel layering. I might even let the composition morph into something non-representational.
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- “For Pastels Only on Cape Cod 2010,” Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA June 12 – 27, 2010
- Pastel Painters of Maine 11th International Juried Exhibition, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME May 22 – June 12, 2010
- Children’s Cancer Fund Benefit Juried Art Auction, Lounsbury House, 316 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT Sunday, May 16, 2010. Preview at 1:30p; auction begins at 2:30p.
- “WATER WORKS,” Gregory James Gallery, 13 Main Street, New Milford, CT. Opens May 15, 2010
- SCAN 40th Annual Spring Juried Art Show, Cyrenius H. Booth Library, Newtown, CT May 1 – 9, 2010
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- Kent Art Association 2010 Juried Spring Show, The Gallery at Kent, Kent, CT April 18 – June 6, 2010
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- Pastel National 2010, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central, Wichita, KS March 19 – May 16, 2010
- High Street Painters Invitational Show, Vermont Artisan Designs/Gallery 2, 106 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT March 5 – May 7, 2010
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