Pastel portrait of an elderly woman in a hat.

Pastel painting 11 inches x17 inches   $300

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Betty made a great portrait model at our pastel figure drawing session this afternoon. At first I was worried about the view I had, with her hat obscuring most of her face. But after working on it for awhile, I really started liking the unusual angle I had.

Watercolor painting of a young woman sewing in a lounge chair by the pool.

Watercolor painting 5.5 inches x 5.5 inches       $80

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Another watercolor figure painting at the pool. I’m not sure what this lady was sewing but she was very involved in it. What a relaxing way to spend the afternoon!

Watercolor painting of a young woman in a bathing suit engrossed in a book.

Watercolor painting 4.5 inches x 7 inches       $80

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Nothing better than a good book at the beach! This woman was completely engrossed in her novel and never noticed me painting her. And she barely moved an inch the whole time. A perfect model for a  watercolor figure painting on a sunny lazy day.

Watercolor painting of an older woman relaxing at the pool

Watercolor painting 6 inches x 5 inches       $80

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We will be taking a trip down south soon and I thought I would post some of the  watercolor paintings I’ve done on previous trips. Although I spend a lot of time plein air painting at interesting landscape and architecture locations in Florida, I must admit that I also spend a fair amount of time lounging at the pool. I always feel guilty just relaxing (its part of my workaholic syndrome) so I bring my watercolors down with me and quickly paint unsuspecting victims. Its almost like figure drawing class!

Pastel portrait painting of a beautiful young woman in pink.

Pastel painting 8.5 inches x 11 inches   $200

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Marie was a wonderful model at our recent portrait painting session. She was a newbie, not used to the grueling hours of sitting motionless, but she did a fine job! This pastel painting was done over a 2 hour period with short breaks every half hour or so. After years of nude figure drawing, its fun to draw people with clothes on every once in a while!

Pastel portrait of a woman in a bar wench costume

Pastel painting 10 inches x 14 inches $200

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In our portrait session this week we had a model dressed as a Renaissance bar wench! What a hoot! She has lots of different historic costumes and comes in a different one each week. This pastel portrait took about and hour and forty-five minutes. Just enough to get a quick likeness and not overwork it too much. I love to watch a human face grow from just a few marks on paper. Luckily, pastel painting is a very forgiving medium. If you don’t get the nose just right, you can rub it down and redraw.

Pastel painting of a young woman

Pastel painting 10 inches x 14 inches $200

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I visited a new portrait session on Monday and had a great time painting with the group! This young woman, although not a professional model, was so patient with all of the artists and held the pose for over two hours with only a few breaks. I understand that sometimes the models for this group come in costume! Absolutely cool! I’m very interested in continuing to work on pastel portraits so this will be a great chance for me to practice.

Pastel painting 18 inches x 18 inches Not for sale at this time.

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I go to figure drawing every week but I don’t get much of a chance to do portrait work. After working with the puppy portraits, I thought I’d try a human! My daughter Amanda was the lucky first victim. I think I got a pretty good likeness of her and I like the color pallette. I will be trying more portraits and will work on softening edges a bit more. That’s the wonderful thing about this art journey. There is so much to learn that it will never be boring…