Showing posts with label soft colors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soft colors. Show all posts

Friday, January 12, 2018

Tidepool Interrupted..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews



I love to watch water move, whether it's a waterfall,  a pond or pool with a slight rippling effect. It's all mesmerizing to me and very peaceful.

I tried to capture that feeling with this one. That action of looking down into a rock pool when a ripple breaks the surface with such wonderful patterns. 

I hope you like this one, it was a fun one to paint.

This image is a pastel (unframed ) on Sennelier sanded paper.

18" x 24" 
$500 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:










                  Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com







Saturday, December 2, 2017

Morning Glow on Sugar Beach..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews


I just finished this pastel seascape. The scene is from Maui, a photo I took while on my morning walk last year. Sugar Beach is a wonderful walking beach near Maalaea. 

The glow is simply magical in the morning light.

So here is my interpretation of the scene.

This image is unframed.

Image size is 9' x 25'

$350 plus S/H

Prints of this painting are also available through Fine Art America..





Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com





Monday, August 28, 2017

Sea Cliff Haze..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews





Having traveled along the Amalfi Coast and seeing the wonderful vista of cliffs and misty coastline, this image evolved from memory. I often draw on my imagination when painting, I find it quite meditative. Just to let myself go with the rhythm of the sea and allow the marks to 'flow' from your fingertips..

Soft background music is also a help with this particular way of painting.

I know a lot of my students go through some angst when they can't pluck an image out of their heads and I understand this. It's not for everyone..

Even if you use a photo to begin a painting, put it away after the first few basic design strokes, and let your memory work for you, it does work, and you will get more of a 'personal feeling' about your scene which is (for me) far more seductive for your viewer.

I was trained to visually see a scene and memorize it a lot, especially with seascapes. 

Also doing so many demos for various art groups, sometimes I have to use what's in my head to get a point across. 
So, I so hope you like this one.. Seascapes are magical to paint, especially with pastels.

I used Pastel Premier paper for this one, and this surface is becoming a favorite of mine I have to admit. There is not a great deal of texture to it as with Sennelier, so certain subjects might not work as well for me. However, seascapes are a perfect subject matter.

Image size is 12" x 16" unframed

$300 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sea-cliff-haze-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true



                                        

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

        http://raeandrews.com

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Sunset Afterglow..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews







SUNSET AFTERGOW is inspired by Maui and all the beach walks I did there at sunset. The soft and romantic colors are wonderful at this time of evening. How I miss that part of island life.


I always fine soft high key colors difficult to portray in my art, so this was a challenge.

                                  This image is unframed and measures 8" x 10".

                                                                $150 plus S/H


            Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-afterglow-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true



Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Surf Action...Pastel Seascape...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews




This one is a labor of love.. I adore doing water as a subject. Especially a dramatic scene.
It's not an image from anywhere in particular, just painted with the feeling I get from watching waves at the shoreline.

This image is a pastel on Sennelier paper. 
It is unframed.
Size of this image is 12.75" x 20"

$295 Plus S/H

Prints of this image and more of my art are available at Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/surf-action-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com


Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com