Day 27 of 30 - Road Sketch #37

Day 27 of 30 paintings in June - "Road Sketch #37" (pastel, 4x8 inches)

I just got a few more neat little 4x8 inch frames, and thought they'd work well for some road sketches. My personal subtitle for this one is "On the way to Rockport" ...because it is! I love watching how heat waves distort the long flat roads in the distance. (Sometimes it's dangerous for artists to drive! ;)

This one was painted on a ProArt panel with Fisher 400 pastel paper and a pastel/alchohol washed underpainting.

See this piece and others like it at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter located right on the beautiful coast of Texas!

See some progress pics here!

$280 includes frame and US shipping

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Day 26 - Road Sketch #35

"Road Sketch #35" (pastel, 3x5 inches) $150 framed

Day 26 of my 31-in-31 goal in January!

This was the last little recycled painting on Ampersand Pastelbord from last week's underpaintings. (Visit this post to see my recycling process.)

Here's how it looks framed:

Road Sketch #20

"Road Sketch #20"  (pastel, 3x5 inches)  click here to bid

Here's the other little road sketch that was buried in my studio mess. Only took me two days to post it after I said I would... but I'm making progress on the studio clean-up. Might even be painting some new stuff this weekend.

....Ok, I'm considering doing another 30-paintings-in-30-days in November (like I did last year.) I'll have to seriously get a jump on that plan in the next two days if it's gonna happen. And Sunday we're thinking about going to the Texas Renaissance Festival (yes, with my daughter's new costume for Halloween weekend) so I'll have to prep that post early. Of course, now that I've said it and posted it on social media, I'll have to make it happen. (One of my favorite techniques for self-motivation! Hahaha!!)

Road Sketch #19

"Road Sketch #19"  (pastel on Ampersand Pastelboard, 3x5 inches)  click here to bid

Cleaning out the studio, I uncovered 2 little paintings from my original road sketch series that must have gotten buried during one of my frequent framing frenzies. What a pleasant surprise, as these were two of my favorite road sketches! And, since they're still not framed, I'll put them through another auction round!

This one was from a day that was full of south Texas humidity from a shot out the windshield at full zoom, to catch that shimmery disappearing road illusion. Good thing there was not a lot of traffic, because I get really distracted by stuff like that, lol!