Pastel Journal - USA (2019-05)

As I write this, my feet are killing me, my legs don’t want to work properly, my back is aching, my shoulders are sore, and I’m ...

ThinkingThinking BigBig Thisambitiousartexpeditionarosefroma singlequestion I posedtomyselfinDecember2017:“WhereamI heading with ...

On the Trail DAY 1 The cobblestone streets of Le Puy en Velay sweep up through the old town to the cathedral, where the oldest p ...

The scenery on the Way of Saint James includes mountain forests and streams, rolling hills, and charming old villages with cobbl ...

DAY 22 Mindlessly painting within reach of Dupon. He wandered over, had a sniff of my pastels and, quick as a flash, a few disap ...

I knewI wouldn’tendupwith anythingasamazingasSorolla’s painting,andwaspreparedtobe miserableandunsatisfiedaboutit, butit turnedo ...

MYSUPPORTERS I wishtothankseveralartmanufac- turerswhosponsoredmyprojectin variousways: TerryLudwigPastelssuppliedme withallthep ...

A REALISTIC 46 Pastel Journal JUNE 2019 ...

M ichael Freeman has had a bountiful career in the arts, and his focus and interests have been as wide-ranging as his art. He be ...

ownartwork.Becauseofmyphotorealisticstyle,however, andthefactthatI onlyhadfreetimeontheweekendsto paint,andthatI chosetouseacryl ...

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT Roadman’s Hut (15¼x23½) She’s Mine! (24¾x31½) UFO’s (7¾x15½) ArtistsNetwork.com 49 ...

Freeman’sobjectiveforeachsubsequentpaintingisto makeit betterandofa highertechnicalcaliberthanthe onebefore—agoalthathebelievesh ...

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE Union Jack (16x25½) Fifty Shades of Grey (11½x11½) Something New (15x27½) ArtistsNetwork.com 51 ...

I alwayshavea camera attheready,asI never knowwhenI’mgoingto encountersomethingthat capturesmyimagination. I lovephotography,so ...

PAINTWHATYOU LOVE Freeman’sworkissometiculouslydetailedthatthe surfacehasa “reach-out-and-touch-it”quality—the textureofthehairo ...

DUTCHARTISTLOESBOTMANRECENTLYCELEBRATED HER50THBIRTHDAYANDHER25THYEARASANARTIST BYMOUNTINGANEXHIBITIONOF 300 PASTELPAINTINGS. By ...

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hadmadefromdiscardedschooltables,shefeltrich.Just thenthephonerang.It wasa representativefroma wall- papermanufacturer.“Doyouhav ...

farm animals alongside her children, while they played on the swings. She engaged them by asking, “What am I drawing?” After abo ...

choosesnottobegin with thumbnail sketches.“I’ma lazy one,” Botman sayslaughing.Instead she chooses to emphasizetheimportance of ...