Only a few more days left to work on this and finish another pastel. I sat the Pastel Society of San Diego Juried Show at Gallery 21 today. So I was able to get a little more completed on this.
Only 3 weeks until the SD County Fair Art Show, so I really need to get going on this for the Black and White division. This is charcoal and pastel. I am aiming to showcase the arc of light that is the tops of the daffodils and the arc of light formed by the lemons. I'm ready to get serious.
I have not painted a landscape in a very long time. This is a painting of the train station up in San Juan Capistrano. It was late afternoon, the end of December, when the shadows were long and cool in color. It has been a new experience, using UArt 500 sanded paper. This paper seems to prefer a harder pastel than the Terry Ludwigs that use most often.
