This month was filled with impotent events ,
but this trip was something I was especially looking forward to..
I had wonderful opportunity to join Richard McKinley
and his mentored group of advanced students in "Next Level Pastels"
Plein Air workshop in Minnesota.
It would be very hard to pick up more impressive location. Majestic lake Superior,
rushing rivers, beautiful rock formations and waterfalls - we were surrounded by all those wanders.
Not to mention the forest... what reminding me forest of my native country -
white birch, aspens, lot of light.
With all this in mind it was very hard to choose what to paint.
I decided not to attempt come home with some finished paintings,
but rather dedicate my time to in-deep sketching process and learning techniques.
In this post I would like to share some of my works on different rock formations.
None of those is really finished with exception maybe the first one,
but all those studies had to offer something interesting and I truly enjoyed working on it.
All works are 8 x 10" and smaller, Wallis paper, mixed pastels.
5 comments:
Tatiana,these all have a wonderful softness that I have not noticed in your work before - maybe because, as you say, you are still in the developing stage with them...but I don't think you need to do much more as they are quite beautiful studies as they are.
Thank You, Julie! I believe You are right - things are slightly different after this trip. Hopefully it is all for good. I'm not going to change a thing about those studies. It is what it is. I'll also post the rest of those sometime soon... I returned back with 10 of those.
I like seeing the CREATIVE PROCESS! We are all learning by sharing...Thanks for sharing.
I, too, love seeing the progression. Lovely rock shapes!
Thank You, ladies!
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