#foliage

StudioSense: Summer Morning Field

Early mornings on humid summer days bring out an ethereal veil of the landscape, with a hazy look that almost blurs the nearby foliage...

Pastel Painting: Tuesday's Trillium

On a hike through a nearby nature preserve last Tuesday, I followed a woodland trail and came across newly-sprouted gatherings of "Great...

Through the Trees - Pastel Painting

So often have I strolled through the local parks (often jogging with my dog Cosmo) and marveled at how the early morning sunlight would...

New Pastel Painting - Woolley Park Stroll

Woolley Park Stroll was started en plein air with my studio assistant Cosmo. Completed today, I decided to enhance some of the...

Pastel Technique: Keeping it Small and Simple

While working on another large 21x27 pastel painting, I thought I would break up my schedule with a small study. At the same time, I...

Pastel Technique: Seeing Spots

One of the joys of painting landscapes in pastels is the ability to quickly add dashes and spots of different color to express density...

Pastel Painting - Pittsfield Preserve

The latest version of my plein air painting at the Pittsfield Preserve. I guess it is 50% "plein air" as I am completing the pastel in...

Pastel Technique: Carried Away with Complementary Colors

This is a scene from the town of Ravello on Italy's Amalfi Coast. Ravello towers above the Mediterranean, an arduous uphill hike from...

A few refined touches

Note the depth in value in the foreground grasses. Today, as can be seen at the lower right of the painting, I have added highlights...