Which is it?

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Sunrise, Sunset

8 x 10

Pastel on Wallis paper

Sunrise?  Sunset?  I don't know.  I guess it depends on which way you're facing.  West = sunset;

East = sunrise.  A new day dawning or an old day ending.  As is so often the case, it depends on your point of view.  I suppose if I were asked which it is, I would have to respond, "Which do you prefer?"

Two weeks from now I should be packing up to return from War Eagle, Arkansas.  Last year the Arts and Crafts Fair was flooded out.  Hopefully, God willin' and the creek don't rise.....

Another bird...

Pretty Boy

7 x 5

Pastel on Wallis Paper

I have inventoried my frames with glass and mat material, and I'm determined to fill them with pastel until I run out of paper.  I'm kind of liking birds about now.  I work in fits and bursts of industriousness, followed by laziness.  This guy is a painted bunting, a species that travels through the state.  They are sooooooo pretty!  We had one last year that was in some sort of territorial dispute with his reflection in the patio door.  He would perch on a branch, giving the evil-eye to his rival, gather himself, and hurl himself at the glass.  I tried to scare him away, but he kept coming back for a couple of days.  Wonder why he couldn't figure it out....Bird-brain!  



Pastel Blue

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Post Sitter

7 x 5

Pastel on Wallis Paper

I've got a show coming up in a couple of weeks and plan to have 8 feet of pastels on one side of the booth and the other two sides acrylics, since I have some larger work in acrylic.  I have a bluebird in acrylic ( in an older post) and decided to do one in pastel as well.  Last fall I sold about the same number in each medium, so I need to restock.  I really enjoy both media.  I'm messier in pastel, but I don't have to wash brushes or worry about paint drying out.  Acrylics don't have to be behind glass, and I like the ease of transport.   Just can't choose one exclusively over the other.  Might cause me to stay mediocre in both.  Time will tell....