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

Tangled Treasures..Water Media

This will be the last for today of my 'Memory Lane Posts'.

I used to do a lot of textural paintings, implied texture as well as collage. This has both techniques in it.

Again the white ink overlays are a feature I loved doing them then and still do.

I remember I did not have a thing in mind with this as a start. I just played with texture then found the subject. A much practiced strategy with me over the years.

The circular shapes and parts of the same, help lead the eye through the painting. I quite like this one.

It has sold now and I truly cannot recall when I painted it, but it has to be in the mid 1980's.
Oh, it was on CANSON paper not a watercolor paper and I think the color was a blueish background.

This image is 18" x 9.5" and has SOLD!