Through Rose Colored Glasses..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 This semi abstracted watercolor image is on Arches CP Paper.
It is presented unframed.

16' x 20'
$500 plus S/H

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

Rae conducts workshops in bot Europe and the USA..

Contact her through this blog or her website for more info.

raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Fall Millpond..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 

This was completed just now in my studio. I started it yesterday in a great mini workshop with Linda Dellandre. She kindly gave our group  (Austin Pastel Society) some wonderful tips on her techniques in pastel painting.

 

Thank you Linda, we all had a great time!

 

This painting is a pastel on UArt paper.

8" x 12" unframed

$200 plus S/H

 

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fall-millpond-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

 

 

 

                              


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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

Ridgetop Display..paste..Texas Artrist..Rae Andrews

I guess I am on a bit of a roll (yet again), now it's with dramatizing my values, and trying to keep to darker contrasts.
Sunsets are always great for this, so here is effort number 2 in this vein.

This image is pastel on Sennelier paper.
It measures 11.5" x 12.5" unframed

$250 plus S/H

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

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

Quiet Time...Pastel...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Well what can I say? I wanted a change from the crusty olf men I have been painting of late, and this could not be farther from that subject.

I have never been one to paint in a 'romantic' genre, but this subject was so appealing to me with that light.
I made the model a redhead though, she was a dark brunette originally.Somehow the reds felt better .. Of course that blue went to well with those warm colors too.
I was on the internet and came across Richard S. Johnson's romantic art.
It was his website where I saw that wonderful blue.
I had this photo from a few year ago and thought why not, I can do this in that 'romantic' genre.

It started better than it finished though, might have to try doing it again.

This one is a pastel on light gray velour paper and is unframed.
19.5" x 12.5"
$400 plus S/H


Prints are available through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-quiet-time-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..

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Blog Site at:
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Dalliance...Abstract...Pastel over Acrylic Inks..Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

Another small abstract.. 

This one is done with pastels over inks.. I had no idea what this paper was, but I mounted it onto the archival foamcore and away I went.

It had no tooth whatsoever, and I am glad I have no more of it. :((

As a result I stuck to small format images. Next time I will wear my glasses when selecting my papers..Ha!

The piece is inspired by a visiting dragon fly which comes to my backyard on a regular basis, it's quite stunning shimmering in the sun.

This image is for sale at $75..
Free S/H within the contiguous USA.
Image size is 4.25" x 7.5" unframed.

Prints are available through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dalliance-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 Stroll..Pastel..Landscape.. Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

Well here is the finished painting. 
I am happy with it, but of course as most artists, I find areas I could have done better. Oh well, back to the studio.. 
I do love this surface of Kitty Wallis paper.. 
I did not use any watermedia underneath this, it's all pastel.


This image is for sale..
$230 Plus S/H
Image size is 9" x 12" (unframed)

Prints are also available at Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/shadowed-stroll-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

Glow......Pastel Landscape..........Texas Artist.......Rae Andrews

This is another pre-tinted textured pastel board .. It originally was a soft creme color, and I tinted parts of it with red/orange liquid acrylics. 

The whole board is now covered in pastel, some layers a little thinner than others, to allow the underneath colors to show through.

I really love this technique, it keeps my colors different to the dullness of the actual manufactured board colors. 
Enjoy...

                                                          This image is an 8" x 10"

                                                                  $150 Plus S/H 


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

           http://fineartamerica.com/featured/glow-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

Ascension..Abstract...Pastel over Liquid Acrylics...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

ASCENSION was a challenge, for me, however, a MOST rewarding one. 

I am not one to overlay my pastels with other mediums. I usually just use pastel.

However, having won a whole bunch of art supplies recently (thank you Jack Richeson's Art Supplies) I had a lot of GATORBOARD. 

These boards are a great surface for mixed media such as watercolor, acrylics and pastels.. All are happy to PLAY together on this surface.


                               So here is my PASTEL ABSTRACT effort on GATOR BOARD .

                                                           Image size is 6" x 9"
                                                                  $200 inc.S/H


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

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


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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

                   

           

Jazz Session..Abstract..Watercolor and Liquid Acrylics...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

   JAZZ SESSION  was a fun one to paint for me. I love color, and the painting just seemed to remind me of a jazz bar I frequented as a teenager in Sydney back in the late 1960's and early 1970's called Red Ned's.

This image was not planned out at all, and the music notes and part of a guitar came out of the paint.I love doing these sort of jigsaw puzzle paintings.



                                                                      $100 Plus S/H
                                                                  6" x 7.25" (unframed)

                           This image is available in prints as well through Fine Art America:
                http://fineartamerica.com/featured/jazz-session-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true


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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

Playground Escape..Abstract..Watercolor and Liquid Acrylics...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

     This is another fun ABSTRACT in watercolors and liquid acrylics on watercolor paper.
I pass a play gym every day when I walk my dogs in the park, and the colors are always such fun.. All those angles are very eye catching to me as an artist.
It goes to show the many ways an artist can be inspired huh?

                                           This image is unframed and is 5" x 6.25"
                                     It comes presented in a mat and ready to frame.

                                                                      $90 Plus S/H

                                   Prints of this image are available at Fine Art America:
            http://fineartamerica.com/featured/playground-escape-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

Let The Music Play...Abstract..Watercolor and liquid Acrylics...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Here is yet another image in this ABSTRACT SERIES. 

This one is 5.75" x 10" (unframed)

It is painted in watercolor and liquid acrylics. 

$50 Plus S/H

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

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/let-the-music-play-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

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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

Flower Power..Liquid Acrylic and Watercolor...Abstract...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

                      This mixed water media is an unframed piece on Arches watercolor paper.
                                        It comes presented matted and shrink wrapped.

                                                                Image size is 6.5" x 7"

                                                                     $95 Plus S/H

                                         Prints of this image are also available at Fine Art America:
                 http://fineartamerica.com/featured/flower-power-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

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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

Dance...Watercolor and Liquid Acrylics

                                    DANCE is another little fun image in this ABSTRACT vein of late.

I think the gaity of the colors prompted my title for this one. It makes me happy, how about you?

I love the combination of orange and red with the turquoises.
                                                                     
                                                                   $100 Plus S/H

                                                           Image size is 7.75" x 7.75"

                          Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:

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

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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

Strata........Watercolor and Liquid Acrylics

This small abstract is probably my favorite so far. It's only small, but I think it crosses all my boxes for a successful painting.
It is  mixture of watercolor and liquid acrylics on Arches watercolor paper.

                                                      This image is unframed
                                                                     4" x 6"
                                                              $100 plus S/H


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

Earth Patterns 2...Liquid Acrylic and Watercolor

I hope you are enjoying these excursions from my regular posts 

Color and design are my pet passions as many of you already know. 

I seem to bounce from more realistic imagery to the abstractions. Right now I am in the latter mode.

This one began much the same way as the previous two posts. 

I decided to go with a more 'EARTHY' image, kind of rocky, kind of not.. You choose.

This one is 6" x 10" unframed.

$200 Plus S/H

Prints are available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/earth-patterns-2-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

Earth Patterns 1...Liquid Acrylic and Watercolor

Here is a second small abstract in steps.

As with my previous image, I just tossed some liquid acrylics on the paper and manipulated some marks with my applicator bottle and a brush..

Things changed as I began to use some geometry in the image.

To block out certain areas, I used acrylic white ink, watered down. This gave my eyes some respite from the bright colors.I particularly did this in the lower right corner. After it dried, I completely changed my palette of colors to a cooler spectrum.

The darks are VERY important in these abstract designs. They help ANCHOR the eye and BALANCE the image.

In some areas I took out my original whites, and enhanced those areas with glazes of lime yellow watercolor.

I always leave a lot of whites in my first throw ins if I can, that way I have the option of getting rid of them if need be as the painting progresses.

I hope you are enjoying these challenging little abstracts.
I am...:)))

Thrust...Acrylics and Watercolor...

This is an 8" x 10" image (unframed.

$200 Plus S/H

                      Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:



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

Leaves...Watercolor and Liquid Acrylics

 I love to challenge myself with design.

 I am about to teach a small workshop using watercolor and liquid acrylics...(and if you know me), I had to do some 'test' paintings. This is one of those.

I don't like to pre-draw images for the most part, and instead let my paints run and fold into each other making interesting designs into which I can 'fit' a subject ...

I used Golden Liquid Acrylics with a small squirt bottle to start this one. If one leaves a lot of white and interesting negative shapes, they have a better chance of finding a subject and bring it into focus.

I worked with WATERCOLORS to get the leaf shape, and of course, NEGATIVE PAINTING.


                                               This is a 7" x 12.5" image (unframed)
                                                                  $150 plus S/H

                  Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:
                         http://fineartamerica.com/featured/leaves-rae-andrews.html





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