Little Landscapes

Getting ready for paint out/plein air season. These little landscapes are practice, practice working fast and loose. The small size helps. I'm trying to push the color beyond local color and use up scraps of a variety of pastel papers. So far Wallis paper toned with Burnt Sienna is the winning paper. This is a fun exercise. All paintings are 4" x 6" soft pastel.

The Visit

Working with cruciform compositions. The weather has been gray and I needed some color.

The Visit, 22" x 22" pastel