Butterfly Art Competition

6"x7" Pitt Pastel Pencils on Pastelmat

I painted this for the current competition organised by Jacksons Art jointly with the Artist and the Leisure Painter magazines. I have three other paintings I'd like to enter, (posted on 30/1/2011 and 11/3/2013) but I am not sure about terms and conditions. 

The Conversation

9"x7" pastel pencils on light sienna Pastelmat

This was painted for the  A Day Not Wasted  January challenge. In retrospect I notice that the perspective of the open door has gone a bit awry. Unfortunately I have already forwarded my entry, but I will correct the error. I call it " The Conversation". My husband calls it "Out for a Drag." !!!

PASTEL PORTRAIT

8"x12" Pitt pastel pencils on sienna pastelmat

I decided that I would like to practise pastel portraits. I came upon a photograph of this beautiful girl whilst browsing images on the internet. Her head decorations were not very clear so I have added my own interpretation.

Imagined Scene, clouds with sea and cliffs

12"x15"
Soft pastels on brown Pastelmat

I decided to practice clouds and the painting developed from there. Coincidently, I discovered one of my friends was painting a very similar scene in watercolour!

Horse from Provence

8"x11"
Soft pastels and pastel pencil on natural sienna Pastelmat
From a photograph taken by my son Kevin

PASTEL COW

This was painted in pastels, an amalgamation of a couple of photos. I changed the colour of the cow. It's an imaginary breed!

    pastel and pastel pencil on Pastelmat 11 x 14inches

SILVER VASE

I just missed the deadline for this  Paint and Draw Challenge June challenge by a few hours, the reason being that I was watching the final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. ( Andy Murray won a very exciting match) I sketched this very quickly with pastel pencils and I'm quite pleased with the result. Maybe I should give myself a time limit in the future. It would certainly stop me  fiddling!

                                               
 Pitt Pastel Pencil on Pastelmat    9"x5"

IRISH CHURCH

Pastel painting of the March  A Day Not Wasted challenge.
Faber Castell Pitt pastel pencils on natural sienna Pastelmat.

6.5"x 8"

Barbara's cat Pugwash

Pastel on Pastelmat

6.5"x5"

Barbara's cat Percy

I first painted Percy, in coloured pencil, when she was a kitten.
Twelve years on this is her portrait in pastel pencil on Pastelmat.

5"x4"

Lis's Cat Phoebe

This is the first black cat that I have painted in any medium. I used Pitt pastel pencils on anthracite Pastelmat. To obtain a rich black, I under painted the darkest fur with prussian blue, then I used black and various greys, pale blue and white to model it.
6"x7"