Thursday, March 11, 2021

A Winter Day - original oil pastel portrait painting

portrait, girl, orange cap, snow, ginger hair


I think everyone in Texas is sick of winter - especially what this winter has brought.  We were lucky, but I know so many weren't!  Texas just isn't set up for merciless temps and failures of the power grid.  Closed up inside, I was able to do lots of drawings and other artwork and here is one from those days.  It is, of course, made from a photo I took early in the winter with our first little snowfall, never dreaming what was to come.  

This one is on 12 x 9" Pastel Premier paper, using mostly Sennelier oil pastels, some Caran d'Ache and Cray-pas Specialists.  She was standing in front of one of our pecan trees with the branches almost touching the ground.  Thanks for stopping by!
 

2 comments:

hmuxo said...

She’s beautifully painted, Connie!!! ... LOVE her knitted hat.
Sending hugs

Connie Chadwell said...

Thank you so much Hilda - really appreciate your nice comment!