IS THIS A LOTUS FLOWER?

8"x 10.5"
Soft pastel on white Pastelmat

This picture was painted for the 'Paint and Draw Together' October challenge.
I think it is a Lotus flower.

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

THE BLUE DOOR

Soft pastel and pastel pencil on white Colourfix paper.

16"x 23"

Lee Brown ( A Day Not Wasted ) is a superb photographer, and he kindly gave me permission to create this painting from a photo he took in France, I believe during a trip to Europe last year.