Cafe Sketch - original oil pastel drawing

This drawing is one of several cafe scenes that I will probably use in a painting. People watching is such fun! On black Stonehenge, this one is about 7 x 6". Thanks for looking.

More Tango Passion - original oil figurative painting

And now back to tango.

For some reason - I think because I took the picture early this morning with available light, (I usually take pictures under lights) it doesn't appear as gold in the background as it really is. Anyway, this painting is 7 x 5", oil on board. Thanks for stopping by! SOLD

Evening - original oil figurative painting

Busy with short trips and other things - and daydreaming about plants for my summer garden - posting just seems to have taken a back seat. And after all my promises to myself that I would post faithfully every day! I do have a number of things on my easel, but not much is finished. This painting is 10 x 8" on board. Thanks for stopping by! SOLD

The Artisan - original charcoal portrait drawing

This drawing was done in a 20 minute session today - we were very lucky to have this excellent model and he's a new one, too! I'm such a fan of drawing from life in short poses, anywhere from one to twenty minutes, to keep drawings fresh and unlabored. At least I feel it works for me. On Strathmore 400 drawing paper, this vine charcoal drawing is 24 x 18".

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The Model's Braid - original charcoal figurative drawing

I'm having a field day with the new paper I bought, plus my trusty charcoal (both vine and pencil). I have read that one is either a line person or a shape person. Right now, line is my true love. This drawing is 5 x 5" on Strathmore bristol.

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Black and White Tango - original figurative charcoal drawing

This drawing is charcoal on 5 x 5" bristol board. I love the way vine charcoal just sits on top of bristol board. The drawing was done quickly and I will probably use it as a model for a tango painting. Thanks for looking.

Alyssa's Back - original oil nude painting

One of my intentions for the New Year is a commitment to more regular blog postings. So in that vein - here is a painting, still so wet that it's difficult to photograph - 10 x 8" on board. Thanks for stopping by!

Teamwork - original oil western figurative painting

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Every now and then, cowboys - 11 x 14" oil on canvas on panel.

Fixing Her Hair - original oil figurative painting

Happy New Year to all my blog readers. A special THANK YOU to all of you who have supported my art during the past year!

This oil painting is 7 x 5" on board. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Red Hat - original oil pastel portrait

This portrait was done quickly, without much attention to detail - just sort of an impression of what I saw. I left the oil pastel thick and rough - no smoothing allowed here - the way I like it. On Pastelbord, it's 5 x 7". Thanks for looking! SOLD

Looking Back - original oil figurative painting

This painting is 8 x 8" on panel. It began life as a portrait, but I decided I wasn't happy with it - the model was gone and I couldn't redo it - so I scraped it off and painted this one from one of my drawings. NFS

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Tango Swing - original oil figurative painting

This painting is 12 x 9" on canvas. SOLD

The Model, Seated - original oil pastel nude

I'm hooked on oil pastels on black Stonehenge. A little bit of the black paper shows through here and there, which I like - and the paper is so easy to work with.

I loved the poses this model took. Mostly, I did charcoal drawings of the model and then did the oil pastel paintings from them. This is about 14 x 9". Thanks for looking!

Sad Songs - original oil pastel figurative painting

This oil pastel on Pastelbord, is 12 x 9". Thanks for looking!

Blue Sash - original oil pastel figurative painting

This painting is done from sort of a different perspective - the model was sitting on a 50's low chair and I was sitting on a stool. She was lying back in the chair, too, which lowered the pose. Usually, the model is on a stand. She seems a little more vulnerable this way - not what I intended, but there it is. SOLD

On Ampersand Pastelbord, this oil pastel is 10 x 8". Thanks for stopping by.

Red and Black Tango - original oil pastel figurative painting

This is oil pastel on black Stonehenge paper and is 11 x 7 1/2". Thanks for visiting my blog.

Nude Impression - original oil pastel figurative painting

There's nothing I love to do more - artwise - than oil pastel nudes - just completely lose myself in them. It's done quickly and 'recklessly', so that I don't lose the flavor of the model, whether it's done from one of my drawings or directly from the model. As I painted this one that I did from a life drawing, I decided that no matter what other painting or drawing I do each day, I'm going to do one of these, too. (Maybe I'll actually stick with this resolution.)

On Stonehenge black paper, this painting is 10 1/2 x 11". SOLD

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Tango Moment - original oil figurative painting

More tango - this one is 7 x 5" on board. Thanks for stopping by! SOLD

Favorite Pastime - original oil figurative painting

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

One of the fun things I did during the weekend was roller skating with my kids. It was so much fun and I actually stayed upright the whole time! Watching all those people - mostly really young people, I might add - cruising gracefully around the rink or crashing into each other, plus every skill level in between, provided me with some painting ideas, which I will probably pursue when I finish the things I'm working on right now.

Today's painting is another one I did using my wonderful orange chair. It's just my favorite place to curl up with a book. This is a quickly done painting and I left lots of brushstrokes - my favorite approach. It's still very wet - almost too wet to photograph. It's 6 x 6" on board. Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

Also, I have been 'tagged' - I think a total of three times, now - and when I get caught up, I'm going to do some tagging myself!

Flamenco Again - original oil figurative painting

This painting is 14 x 11" on archival canvas covered board. Thanks for stopping by!

Friday Evening - original oil pastel figurative painting

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More from my bar series - this was a Friday after hours scene, cozy and very friendly. It's 11 x 14" oil pastel on Pastelbord. Thanks for looking.

Red Flamenco - original oil figurative painting

This was a work in progress painting from a few postings ago and I'm finally finished! It's 20 x 16" on canvas. Thanks for looking. SOLD

New Stockings - original oil figurative painting

The other day, I was visiting with some women who were probably in their twenties during WWII and they were remembering how precious stockings were in those days. Some of them even drew black lines down the backs of their legs in lieu of real stocking seams and they had various ways of mending the stockings they did have, or hiding the mends. SOLD

I have been thinking of the deprivations that were endured in the war years - granted, the lack of stockings is a relatively tiny problem, but women everywhere love little luxuries. I was thinking about that when I did this painting. It's 7 x 5" on Gessobord.

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Sleeping Child - original oil pastel painting

This oil pastel was done from life on green 5 x 7" Pastelbord. I wanted to preserve the drawing quality of the piece, so the entire support isn't covered. Since it was done from life, I had a limited amount of time until she awoke from her nap. I did only what was absolutely necessary to portray a sleeping little girl.

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Country Lovers - original oil figurative painting

Here's another view of that sweet western dance, the Texas Two Step. This oil painting is 12 x 9" on canvas. Thanks for stopping by! SOLD

Tango Kiss - original oil figurative painting

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This is a little more loose than usual and loose makes me happy. It's 6 x 6" on Gessobord. Thanks for visiting my blog!

Sleeping - original oil figurative painting

This painting is 8 x 8" on gessoed panel. Thanks for visiting my blog! SOLD

First Barrel - original oil figurative painting

This painting is 8 x 8" on gessoed panel. Thanks for looking!SOLD

Red Guitar - original oil figurative painting by Connie Chadwell

Here's another version of Rock Star, this time it's oil on panel - 7 x 5". Thanks for looking!

Another Flamenco - original oil figurative painting

Using the previously posted drawing as my model, I painted this little flamenco dancer today when I attended the Thursday Painters - a group of artists who paint together once a week.

When I do the larger version of this painting, I will be able to include the fan that's in the drawing.

This is done on Gessobord, 7 x 5". Thanks for visiting my blog!