C e c y T u r n e r
F i n e A r t
Beginnings and Endings
I want to share with you my Pastel Journey I've been taking, because
I've been working hard at it. But first, a couple of shows going on
which you might want to check out online if you won't be in the area
where they are taking place. Then, please read about my Beginnings and
Endings below that!
Out on a Limb
"Out on a Limb" is one of the two paintings that were accepted in The
Mountain Oyster Club Fifty-Fifth Annual Contemporary Western Art Show
and Sale, hanging through Januaty 31, 2025, at the Mountain Oyster Club
in Tucson, AZ. (See Events) You may view the entire show on their
website.
Reaching Beyond
"Reaching Beyond" was accepted into its second big show, National Oil
and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) "Best of America" International
Show at Beverly McNeil Gallery in Birmingham, AL, through November 9th.
You may see the entire show on the gallery website (see Events) or
www.noaps.org
Now for my new adventure in PASTELS
Most of you may know that I work mostly in oils and watercolors.
I have dabbled in pastels all along, and some of you may own the few
pastel landscapes I've done.
I bought my first small set of pastels in college, and through the
years I've added to it and used pastels primarily for a figure drawing
class I attended for a while, adding mainly skin colors to them, which
didn't help for landscape painting. So, I made a firm commitment to
delve further into pastels this past summer, and I bought a landscape
set (pricey, but it helped a lot to have more landscape colors) and a
neat paintbox to replace the one I made (and it fell apart) to hold my
pastels, even on location.
I've always LOVED the look of pastels and have read about how various
pastel artists begin their paintings. You have to start somewhere!
Below are the two ways to start them that I've found, for me, work best:
Good Night Estes Step 1
This first one is using a watercolor underpainting to tone the pastel
paper. It looks a little less scary than the two others I'll show you.
Good Night, Estes
"Good Night, Estes" finished plein air pastel. You might notice that
the underpainting didn't add a lot to help with the finished piece.
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Here I've used hard pastels as an underpainting which I will paint over
with the pricey soft pastels. I put them on then liquified them with
plain old rubbing alcohol and a brush. Because the background was going
to be dark and the flowers and tree light, I used a dark blue/purple
and an orange. For the grass, I used a pinkish red, which will cut some
of the green if I let it show through, since it's green's compliment.
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Here you can see how that kind of works. If you look closely, you'll
see how some of the pink of the ground and the blue of the background
peek through a little.
Summer Skies Step 1 FASO
This is another hard pastel and alcohol and hard pastel underpainting
to start with. I used a dark for the dark trees, pink for the blue sky,
yellow for the clouds, etc. Looks pretty bad here! Since the ones I'm
showing you were plein air, you can imagine what people must have
thought when they saw me painting.
Summer Skies Step 2 FASO
Here is step 2 where I begin adding some more "normal" colors in soft
pastels over the hard pastel underpainting. Starting to look a little
better.
I add some yellow ochre type color to the clouds to warm them up a
little and some of my original yellow shows through, also.
Summer Skies
"Summer Skies" sold at Mary Williams Gallery in Boulder, CO, the day
after I brought it in! It made me feel good to get a little validation
there for my efforts. I forgot to mention that pastels are addictive. I
certainly haven't or won't stop painting in oils or watercolors (a new
watercolor shown below), but adding pastels to the mix is challenging
and fun, they are perfect for outdoors (unless it rains, I guess) and
I'll keep doing them, knowing that I'll learn from them things that I
can apply to the other two mediums!
Where the Action Is
"Where the Action Is" 11x15 Newest Watercolor Painting Pure Fun!
Save the Date!
My annual Open Studio will be Saturday, November 23rd
3-7 p.m. at 7824 Glenneagle Drive, Dallas, TX 75248
Join me to have refreshments and to view my work!
Email me if you would like to receive a hard copy postcard with all
details.
Thank you for reading my newsletter and thank you to the non-artists
for reading about painting pastels!
My next newsletter will feature the colors of clouds.
Warm regards,
Cecy
Barcelona Window
If you're an artist and would like to paint endless windows like this
one, doorways, flower-covered balconies, street scenes, parks, ancient
ruins, and the list goes on, join me for my workshop in France next
summer! You can even paint the castle we'll stay in. Only a few spots
left, and one of the premium rooms in the castle has just become
available. Click here
for more information!
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