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Finished this 12x16 pastel today. My own work, not a paint along. (Original Post) LiberalLoner Jun 2020 OP
That is quality soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #8
Everything you do is so gorgeous! GreenPartyVoter Jun 2020 #2
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #9
Lovely color palettes on your paintings. procon Jun 2020 #3
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #10
Fabulous! Shanti Mama Jun 2020 #4
Thank you! You should give them a try, they are fun! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #11
Beautiful work! So peaceful. Love the colors and I want livetohike Jun 2020 #5
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #12
Just excellent. Grey Jun 2020 #6
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #13
Beautiful! DarthDem Jun 2020 #7
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #14
You did a terrific job! lunatica Jun 2020 #15
Wow thank you so much!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #17
Very nice, love the colors! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #16
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #18
Your style is like Edvard Munch. Very cool! n/t SpankMe Jun 2020 #19
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #23
Nice denbot Jun 2020 #20
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #24
impressive Hamlette Jun 2020 #21
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #25
Lovely. sarge43 Jun 2020 #22
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #26
Lovely! BadgerMom Jun 2020 #27
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #37
I looked. My unscheduled opinion is that it's somewhere... NNadir Jun 2020 #28
Wow thank you!!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #36
I meant to say, "unschooled" but my spell checker overruled me. NNadir Jun 2020 #45
I understood what you meant! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #46
Really nice work LL DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #29
Thank you! But I don't want to wear out my welcome! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #38
Very cool - keep it up lame54 Jun 2020 #30
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #39
Love it! Native Jun 2020 #31
Beautiful. Love the lavenders. Looks like Tucson. MLAA Jun 2020 #32
Thank you! It is near Tucson, I used to live in Sierra Vista and loved the desert there! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #40
Kick and recommend. Beautiful bronxiteforever Jun 2020 #33
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #41
A really wonderful piece of art! Thank you for sharing! keopeli Jun 2020 #34
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #42
very nice trueblue2007 Jun 2020 #35
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #43
Beautifu! Make me want to take up pastels. bif Jun 2020 #44
Thanks! You should, it's so much fun! The colors are so bright with soft pastel! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #47
Beautiful MarianJack Jun 2020 #48
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #50
Love it! vercetti2021 Jun 2020 #49
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #51
REALLY REALLY NICE!! Dem_in_Nebr. Jun 2020 #52
Oh gosh thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #57
I love it riverbendviewgal Jun 2020 #53
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #58
Very good. Is that a plein air or studio work? drray23 Jun 2020 #54
Thank you! Studio. LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #59
i never liked soft pastels. loved nu pastels. pansypoo53219 Jun 2020 #55
Nu pastels are a type of soft pastel, even though they seem harder. They are still LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #60
i guess i just liked cheap ones. i could make crisp lines. except red i think. pansypoo53219 Jun 2020 #68
Good work. Ellipsis Jun 2020 #56
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #61
Beautiful! lark Jun 2020 #62
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #64
Nice! lillypaddle Jun 2020 #63
Thank you! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #65
Just beautiful. femmedem Jun 2020 #66
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Jun 2020 #67

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. Lovely color palettes on your paintings.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:35 AM
Jun 2020

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.

Shanti Mama

(1,288 posts)
4. Fabulous!
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:37 AM
Jun 2020

I've been working in oil pastels, as an alternative to oil paints. Am often drawn to soft pastels.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. You did a terrific job!
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:26 PM
Jun 2020

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. You’ve 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 I’m 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 don’t need to do paint alongs, though you might like it, because you know what you’re doing. I think you did a great job!




NNadir

(33,368 posts)
28. I looked. My unscheduled opinion is that it's somewhere...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:47 PM
Jun 2020

...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.

DENVERPOPS

(8,677 posts)
29. Really nice work LL
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:49 PM
Jun 2020

I love people who are artistically gifted.....

Keep up the good work and show us more!

pansypoo53219

(20,906 posts)
55. i never liked soft pastels. loved nu pastels.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:34 PM
Jun 2020

i only did figure drawings on spray painted paper. never tried more....hmmm.

LiberalLoner

(9,761 posts)
60. Nu pastels are a type of soft pastel, even though they seem harder. They are still
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 07:20 AM
Jun 2020

Part of the soft pastel category. Why didn’t you like working with soft pastels?

pansypoo53219

(20,906 posts)
68. i guess i just liked cheap ones. i could make crisp lines. except red i think.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 04:58 PM
Jun 2020

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.

lark

(23,003 posts)
62. Beautiful!
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 09:19 AM
Jun 2020

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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