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My latest pastel painting, on pastelmat paper. (Original Post) LiberalLoner Jun 2021 OP
Just lovely. niyad Jun 2021 #1
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #4
Very nice. CurtEastPoint Jun 2021 #2
Thank you so much! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #3
Very pretty Srkdqltr Jun 2021 #5
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #6
WOW!!!!! secondwind Jun 2021 #7
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #8
please take this as a compliment rampartc Jun 2021 #9
Thank you so much! 😍. Actually in a few years, after I've gotten more practice in, LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #10
Stunning. thucythucy Jun 2021 #11
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #13
You're welcome! thucythucy Jun 2021 #16
Wow, thanks! Mostly I watched YouTube videos, to be honest. Tons of demonstrations out there. LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #18
Gorgeous!!! Love the colors you used! Very calming. nt woodsprite Jun 2021 #12
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #14
Beautiful, a soft ethereal quality. Well done! MLAA Jun 2021 #15
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #17
I like it a lot! Ocelot II Jun 2021 #19
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #20
Would you call this style impressionistic? lark Jun 2021 #21
Thank you! 😍. I think it's kind of impressionistic! LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #26
Very, very lovely. northoftheborder Jun 2021 #22
Gosh thank you! I don't sell them, just give them away. LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #27
Very lovely. sinkingfeeling Jun 2021 #23
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #28
Sublime! Well done! littlemissmartypants Jun 2021 #24
Thank you friend! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #29
It's beautiful! lunatica Jun 2021 #25
Thank you so much!!! 😍😍😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #30
Very nice! bif Jun 2021 #31
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #32
It's beautiful, thanks for sharing it with us. appalachiablue Jul 2021 #33
Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Jul 2021 #34

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
9. please take this as a compliment
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 08:42 AM
Jun 2021

because i really like bob ross.

i would be proud to hang that on my wall.

LiberalLoner

(10,107 posts)
10. Thank you so much! 😍. Actually in a few years, after I've gotten more practice in,
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 08:52 AM
Jun 2021

I was thinking I might try to sell my work. I need to get better first though, I’m not there yet. But maybe in a few years I will be.

thucythucy

(8,742 posts)
16. You're welcome!
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 09:07 AM
Jun 2021

Did you take classes on how to do this? And how did it take you to reach this level of success?

LiberalLoner

(10,107 posts)
18. Wow, thanks! Mostly I watched YouTube videos, to be honest. Tons of demonstrations out there.
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 09:30 AM
Jun 2021

Also artists network tv.

I’ve been playing around with soft pastels about seven or eight years now. I can see where I got better with each year. Im hoping in another few years I might be ready to try selling some of my paintings.

lark

(24,149 posts)
21. Would you call this style impressionistic?
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 09:46 AM
Jun 2021

That's what it reminds me of but I don't know the formal definitions of what makes something impressionistic or not?

northoftheborder

(7,608 posts)
22. Very, very lovely.
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 09:46 AM
Jun 2021

I could live with that on my wall!!! Are your paintings for sale? I clicked on it and it went to a Pinterest page.

littlemissmartypants

(25,483 posts)
24. Sublime! Well done!
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 11:34 AM
Jun 2021

I was just thinking about you and wondering how you are! It's great to see you are still making art and posting.





lunatica

(53,410 posts)
25. It's beautiful!
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 12:35 PM
Jun 2021

Your pastels are all so good! I love them. You capture nature so well. I like the frothiness of the grass and the contrast with the trees. The picture looks like a magical meadow during a full moon. Just enough light to soften everything. I can almost hear the calling of the frogs and the chirping of crickets.

This is a wonderful depiction of the subtleties of night colors. Your textures are wonderful too in this moonscape. And it works just as well as a dayscape!

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