Thursday & Friday - Pastel Workshop

Tejas Art Festival Workshop - “Pastel in Miniature”
Rita Kirkman - Instructor
March 1 & 2,   Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
First Baptist Church Family Life Center, Rockdale, TX

This is going to be an exciting 2 days participating in Rita's workshop. I went to last year's 1 day workshop in  Rockdale and it was excellent. Rita is a very good teacher and great in  helping you develop your skill level and personal style.  The Rockdale Chamber is an excellent host of this event and it  is really fun.

Prickly Pears at Midnight

Prickly Pears at  Midnight  is done on Arches  cold press paper.  The "starry  night"  sky is  achieved dropping salt on very wet watercolor.

Prickly Pear in Bloom

Prickly Pear in Bloom done on Arches cold  press paper

SOLD - Phlox, Bluebonnets, Prickly Pear Cactus

SOLD  - Phlox, bluebonnets & prickly pear cactus  - typical Texas wildflower companions. This watercolor was done on  Arches cold pressed paper - lots of texture that compliments the texture and variety in the  flowers.  Hope we have a spring full of wildflowers!

Sailing at Dusk

SOLD - Sailing  at Dusk is done in watercolor with highlights and details done in water color pencil. Again an interesting texture in the water  has been done with salt over very wet paint which removes points of color as it dries and provides highlights. I am  not especially pleased with the final product (remember I said  I would post the good, the bad and the ugly!) but I learned  a lot with this effort done at an art class with Deb at the  Cordovan Art  School.

Seashore Creatures

Starfish and sand dollar done in watercolor  with  watercolor pencil  highlights. The background is a wash that has been salt sprinkled  giving it  an interesting texture. These were painted in February  2012.

Texas Wildflowers

Texas  sunflowers captured  in  watercolor on cold press paper  -  February  2012.

Texas Poppy  - close up  Georgia  O'Keeffe  style  - done in watercolor on  cold press paper - February  2012.