Birthday Week Sale

I'm celebrating Birthday Week in my Etsy shop!! My Fiance is celebrating a birthday tomorrow, and my twin sister and I are celebrating a birthday on Friday! The sale goes from May 10th to May 16th. Free shipping store wide (You will need to pay the shipping price at checkout and I will refund the shipping cost via Paypal). Also, you will receive a free gift with every purchase!!! A 4x6 print of any painting or photograph that you see in my store. Just let me know in the "Message to Seller" box which photograph or painting you would like. If you don't tell me which one you'd like, I will choose one myself. Happy Shopping!

Welcome Spring! New Pastel Painting

I just completed this pastel painting, "Welcome Spring." I used a combination of Mount Vision pastels, and pastel pencils to complete this painting. It is done on 6 x 6 Ampersand Pastelbord. The reference photo I used for this painting is from my Great Uncle Mike. He and his significant other, Kay, are wonderful photographers and graciously allowed me to use some of their photos as references. You must check out their website - http://www.klbenedict.com/.

This painting was a little different for me. I typically paint pretty loose, but I didn't want to use that approach with this painting. I was striving for a realistic look. I'm still learning what my style is, especially since recently changing mediums from watercolor to soft pastels. In watercolor I like to be very loose. I suppose it depends on the subject I'm working on as well.

I enjoyed this painting so much that I'm planning on doing others using a similar style.

Please check my Etsy store for new items!

Thank you and have a great weekend!