Regina Calton Burchett - Art in Progress

Art for the sake of creating - pastel paintings, line art, photos and writing

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Entries from January 2008

Guardian No. 2

January 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Finished today and framed with a medium blue mat and dark wood frame. Pastel was started in early November in the hill country near Johnson City.

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Gratitude for Texas Skies 820

January 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I am thankful, on a daily basis, for the beautiful skies above Texas. They lift my spirits.

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Birds Plus

January 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments

We enjoy feeding the birds out back, among three different feeders plus a squirrel feeder. Larry took these photos recently, and I just love them. If anyone knows what the little black and white one is, it would be great to know. And some day soon, I’m going to trying drawing or painting one […]

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Making your album cover…

January 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments

My friend Jo had a blog on her page about making your “album cover” in this random way, from her daughter Joanna’s page and it was a lot of fun.
But first, I had to find out what a “meme” was…
Meme - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: A meme (pronounced /miːm/), as defined […]

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Pear, Vase, Eggs ~ Vida Imóvel

January 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Heavens, I’m glad to be done with this, and can’t think of a name…

Thank you, Jo and Leslie for suggestions on the name. Finally decided on “Vida Imovel”.  The pear and vase do look quite similar - like doting parents, but the arrangement was from a workshop, not of my doing. You can be […]

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Stargazer Lilies

January 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Along with pastels that I am working to complete for the Kerbey Lane show, I finished a few colored pencil projects, thinking I would also mat and frame them. These are lilies that I put a lot of time into - they smelled so wonderful!
Pencil work is very enjoyable for me, therapeutic in a way. […]

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Bluebonnet Miniatures

January 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

My upcoming show at Kerbey Lane in northwest Austin in February includes showing art in a small case, so I thought of doing miniature pastels of bluebonnets.

The art is 2 1/2″ x 3″, and nice little frames. Also, I think I will do some roses and may some other Texas wildflowers.. so that way, if […]

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Fixin to be broken

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve painted at this, and put it away for a year or more. Painted again, thought I liked it until I really looked at the photo. More work to be done on these pointy, too-blue eggs.

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