Day 26 30 Paintings in 30 Days Art Challenge

'Rolling Cumulus'

Pastel on Canson

8" x 12"

Through this cloud series I have been hoping to capture the ever changing
tremendous art of the skies.
It also has been fun to create the skies in color these last few posts. Either way graphite or pastel, I enjoy creating them! 

Day 24 "30 in 30 Art Challenge"

'Breakup'

Pastel on Canson 

8" x 12"

Here is my Day 24 Art!

 I've been experimenting with different papers: sanded, unsanded, white and tinted.
 This is smooth white Canson Paper. If you like to blend, this paper will allow easy blending. 

Looks like I have a cloud series going.

 I am enjoying working on them.

Hope you are enjoying them too!

Day 8 of the "30 in 30 Art Challenge"

Treetop

graphite/charcoal

11" x 14"

I have always been enamored with skies in any way--sunny, stormy, sunset, sunrise.

 And have been stopping to photograph a great sky whenever I get the chance.

This sky I spotted as I was driving. My camera was with me,

so I pulled over on the side of the road and took the photograph looking through the windshield. 

It was a great shot of the clouds. 

But honestly I really didn't want the treetop.  It just got in the way of those gorgeous cumulus-nimbus clouds. But later when I looked at the photograph I kind of liked the trees peeking in the view.

So here it is.