Hellllooooooo, A really short blog to let you know two things. The first is that I have posted another pastel painting tip video on YouTube. I am keen to continue the series and welcome any suggestions. Please!! The second? I have something to celebrate! I am now over the 100-subscriber mark
Today, I was dropping off books at the Emily Carr Library here in Victoria. I arrived to find cake and coffee: a celebration of the birthday of the library’s namesake! And so, today’s blog is a wee bit about Emily Carr (13 Dec 1871 – 2 March 1945) and her work. One of the
Before Mum and Dad left Salt Spring on their journey home to Cayman (via my sister’s in Ontario), I managed to do a couple of pastels for my gallery there. This pastel was inspired by a photo I took while in Grand Cayman about 20 years ago. It’s one I’ve wanted to paint for
Recently on the Pastel Society of America (PSA) Facebook page, a conversation was initiated by someone who had had work rejected from an exhibit because as a pastel, it was considered a drawing by the organizers and the show only accepted paintings. You can imagine the furor that started in this pastel group! So
Celebrating 100 blog posts!! Wow – 100 posts. I can hardly believe it! I think that’s something worth celebrating. I remembered when I first started blogging I wasn’t sure what in the world I was going to write about. It was all such a new idea to me. Well, within a few months, I
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