Monday, March 25, 2013

Houses From La Belle Park

I used a new paper for this piece, which is a view of some houses from La Belle Park in Columbia Heights, MN.  It's Shizen Pastel Paper, which has a lovely deckle edge, but not much tooth...and it warps quite a bit when you use fixative.  I think I'll use it for colored pencil instead.

pastel artwork paper la belle park columbia heights minnesota
"Houses Seen From La Belle Park" pastel, 8.5" x 11"

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Trees

Went way more abstract than usual with this one...

pastel abstract trees artist janine aykens
"Trees" 12" x 9", Pastel