Dusk Over the Marshes..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I just finished this one. Trying out my new Heilman Double Sketchbox and easel.

A little pricey, but well worth it I think. I love the small box for my plein air excursions.

I have a large Heilman pastel box as well, but it is so cumbersome for me to cart around the countryside or overseas.

Hence I bit the bullet and purchased this small one. I think it does the trick perfectly.This box opens to around 9.25" x 14.5" wide, enabling me to fill it with pastels on both sides, plenty for traveling. The closed box is only 7.25" x 9.25" .

I also purchased the 18" easel (I had the 24" easel with my larger box) .
These easels  slot neatly into the ready made holes Heilman have made for it. Works so well!

FYI..This whole outfit cost $180 for the box and $50 for the easel..

heilmandesigns.com

The painting above is 4.5" x 12" unframed
$125 plus S/H


Prints of this image are available though Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dusk-over-the-marshes-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Over The Rocks..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this one. A pastel on light green Sennelier paper.

The scene is one I saw while sketching at Bull Creek last Tuesday. Just had to paint it.Of course, I embellished my colors a little, but that's a given with me..

This paintings unframed and measures 10" x 14".
$275 plus S/H


Prints are also available through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/over-the-rocks-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

River Grasses..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I guess after the last very soft and subdued post I made, I needed to break loose again with some vivid RAE ANDREWS color! So here is that result.

A pastel on Sennelier tan colored paper,
This image is 9.5" x 19.5" unframed

$225 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/river-grasses-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Through The Trees..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This pastel image is on sanded UArt paper. 

I did a wash under painting using my new toy ART GRAF.

These are very concentrated color wedges, and when activated with water, you get very intense pigment washes. 

http://globalartmaterials.com/artgraf.php

My set is all earth tones, but there are colored blocks as well, might have to get them also.

I bought mine off Amazon.

This image is 9" x 12" (unframed)

$175 plus S/GH

Framed prints of this image are available through fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/through-the-trees-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

                                                                      Thanks for visiting..

Interlude..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Hot off the easel, I am just loving these small gems. They are quick and allow me the freedom of not much detail.

This image is 5.50" x 4.25" unframed
It is on Sennelier sanded paper

$60 Plus S/H


Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

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

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

                                                                      Thanks for visiting..

Enchanting.. Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This small pastel is on a Richeson Sanded panel. It is presented unframed.
5" x 7"
$75 Plus S/H


Prints are available through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/enchanting-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Perfect Walk..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this one. Sooo cozy in my studio with all the rain we are having, perfect to paint!

The scene is one I took a photo of while on my morning walk in Austin. I love this greenbelt area, so much to see. Of course I tend to romanticize my colors.

 In actual fact they were all pretty green on the actual day, so this is with the 'Rae' touch. :))

This is a pastel on Sennelier sanded paper and is unframed

5.5" x 7.25" 

$75 Plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/perfect-walk-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Twilight Display..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

A small landscape  in pastels on Sennelier paper. 

I am working on simple but dramatic landscapes right now, hence the sunset colors and silhouetted trees.

This image is approx. 5" x 7" unframed

NFS

Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/twilight-display-rae-andrews.html

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Tranquil Breeze..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this one, a pastel on Sennelier sanded paper. 

Again working with lower light and drama in the values.
Hope you like.


Image size is 8" x 11" approx. (unframed)

$175 Plus S/H

Prints are also available through fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/gentle-breezes-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae teaches workshops and does demonstrations in various techniques and mediums.
.
Please contact her through this blog or via her website at:
www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Last Light..Pastel.. Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This pastel was an experiment with DARK VALUES and CONTRAST..

I made the image up, however all of us at some time, would have seen that glorious afterglow when the sun is going down. I am always in awe looking at sunsets.

This was a fun, quick image to paint. I hope you like it. :))

It is on Sennelier paper and is unframed.

8" x 8" 
$100 Plus S/H

Prints are available through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/last-light-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshop and demonstrations in all media.

Contact her through this blog, or via her website at:
www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Sundown Glow..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Again I thought this one also could have a bit more spark, so I DUSTED this image as well. Here is the adjusted image.

I think this one works extremely well with additional DUSTING..

This pastel is done on UArt paper which I mounted to foam core. It is unframed.

I am playing with textures right now with my pastel paintings, and these grasses are great fun to explore with this technique.

This image is 11" x 15" unframed
$350 Plus S/H


Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sundown-glow-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts demonstrations and workshops in all media.
Please contact her through this blog or via her website at:
www.raeandrews.com


Thanks for visiting..

Grasses..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am on a roll now with DUSTING. It works so well on very textured surface, but beware, you can overdo this technique.

Here is the above image with additional DUSTING.

 I LOVE this technique!

I had this odd off cut of paper, and have no idea what it was though. It's a dark maroon color and is sanded. Any ideas?

Anyway, I had mounted it onto some archival foam core a few years ago so why not use it?

The format is quite elongated and poses problems or should I say, challenges to the artist, composition wise.

I chose to do just tall brambles and grasses, really playing with the various textures.
I used an alcohol wash under painting in parts, let it dry and then worked the pastels over the top.

I don't usually do this technique of underneath washes, but this paper took the wet media so why not?

I hope you like it.

This image is 8" x 22" unframed.
$300 plus S/H

It is also available in prints at:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/grasses-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts demonstrations and workshops in all media.
Please contact her through this blog or via her website at:
www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

In This Land Of Magical Beasts..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I have done this image before in acrylics, at least a version of it.

My source photo was a composit I made in Sketch Club on my IPad. I love that app. I overlap my images in many layers to get some wonderful shapes.

The hard part is transposing them to my pastel paper.

 In this case, my paper is Sennelier paper which was a bright rust color.
I also splashed the surface with water to get the mottled texture effect I have used in the past. A new practice for me, and one I love obviously. :))



The image is unframed and measures 19.6" x 25.6"

$500 Plus S/H

This image is also available through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-this-land-of-fantastical-beasts-rae-andrews.html

Rae conducts workshops in all media, and is available to demonstrate her techniques to groups. Please contact her through this blog.

See Rae's website
www.raeandrews.com

Prints through Fine Art America
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rae-andrews.html

 And
www.pixels.com/raeandrews

Sun Kissed Stream..Watercolor Landscape...Texas Artist.. Rae Andrews

This small landscape was fun to paint. 
I love a loose interpretation of the landscape, not so much a realistic imagery.

The scene, I think, was taken somewhere near Lake Buchanan here in Texas. I have so many photos of this area. It's so pretty at the moment too, with lake levels very full again and all the wild flowers are out!

This image is watercolor on Arches Cold Press paper. 
It is 10" x 14" and unframed.

$125 Plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sun-kissed-stream-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.raeandrewsgallery.fineartstudioonline.com

Or.. rae-andrews.pixels.com

raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Vertical Splendor..Abstract Floral.. Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Again, this painting began as a wet into wet under painting for my pastels. 

It is on a Richeson sanded board. 

I guess I am on a roll with these florals, I hope you are not getting sick of them yet.. 

Maybe my next painting will be different genre, but I never plan things with my paintings, I just go with the flow, excuse the pun. :)) 

This image is unframed and measures 12" x 18".
$170 plus S/H

Prints are also available at Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/vertical-splendor-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.raeandrewsgallery.fineartstudioonline.com

Or..

rae-andrews.pixels.com

Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Tantrum...Pastel Abstract..Floral.. Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

TANTRUM began as the previous post did. I splashed my colors on with liquid acrylic onto a sanded pastel board (Richeson) and waited till it dried.

The fun then begins in trying to make sense of the marks made, and how I can make a subject evolve from them.

The overlay work is pastel.

This image is 18" x 24" unframed.
$350 plus S/H

Prints are also available at Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tantrum-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.raeandrewsgallery.fineartstudioonline.com

Or..

rae-andrews.pixels.com

Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Bouquet..Watercolor Floral..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

BOUQUET was the demo I did yesterday for my WET INTO WET workshop.

Thank you to all the eager students who came along, it was a fun day. Although I know they were exhausted at the end of it..
I love to paint these kinds of free paintings, no planning at all, just play.

I rarely like my demos, but this one I actually did enjoy the finished result. Hope you do also.

This image is 14" x 20" unframed and is pure watercolor on Arches paper.

$200 plus S/H


Prints are also available at Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/bouquet-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.raeandrewsgallery.fineartstudioonline.com 

 Or.. 

 rae-andrews.pixels.com 

 Blog Site at: raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Bamboo Patterns...Pastel Over Watercolor..Abstract...Texas Artist... Rae Andrews

                                                       

                                                         So here is the finished piece.. 
                                                       It is 10.5" x 12" and is unframed.

                                                                     $165 Plus S/H



Prints are also available at Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/bamboo-patterns-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.raeandrewsgallery.fineartstudioonline.com

Or..

rae-andrews.pixels.com

Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Beyond The Shadows...Watercolor...Landscape...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

Another smaller watercolor this time, just keeping it loose and getting away from pastels for a while.

Hope you like it.

If this or any of my images interest you, please contact me through this blog..And thank you for your continued interest.

This image is unframed and is pure watercolor on arches paper.

16" x 8"

$125 plus S/H

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

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/beyond-the-shadows-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

Shadowed Welcome..Landscape..Watercolor...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

I have been doing so many pastels of late, I needed to get back to my watercolor painting. This is fresh of the easel.

Its a French scene (I think) ..I have so many reference photos from Europe, I can't keep track of them sometimes. 

I did embellish a little though.

This is a pure watercolor on Arches paper.

It is an unframed 12" x 16" painting.
$195 plus S/H.

Prints are also available at:

newartwork=truehttp://fineartamerica.com/featured/shadowed-welcome-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