Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

Art for the sake of creating – pastel paintings, drawings, photos and writing

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Entries from April 2009

Virtual Paintout – Canal – Amsterdam

April 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

What a great idea Bill Guffey has had – he is having a virtual paintout – with Google Maps approval – in various cities around the world.  This month it was Amsterdam, and I chose this scene – Zuiderzeeweg
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Tags: Art

Cattle Guard (path, tree, fog)

April 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments

A little more work to be done on the piece and on the title………..

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Tags: Art · Nature

Local (Austin) Upcoming shows and events

April 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

On May 2 and 3rd, 2009 ~ Sally Frazer, Ann Seago and Regina Burchett will have a booth at Great Outdoors “Art Under the Oaks” at 2730 S. Congress Avenue in Austin.
Chuck’s Deli at 12115 Manchaca Rd. in Manchaca does a great job of featuring local artists throughout the year. Regina and Diana [...]

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Tags: Marketing Art

Draw, Plant, Save, Donate, Appreciate a Tree

April 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Wherever you live, you probably enjoy
the shade and scent and beauty of a tree.

When I leave home and drive in any direction, there are new neighborhoods emerging – in an incredibly short time span – from the freshly razed ground.  Mature trees are now heaped into scrap piles around the perimeter.
With the construction of most [...]

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Tags: Art · Friends · Fun · Nature

WIP – path, tree, fog

April 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I started this tonight about 10:30 after a very frustrating day / week… it’s from a photo my friend Diana shared with me. She is doing a painting from it also. Because of a frame I already had, I decided to stretch the image somewhat, and work from that. This is [...]

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Tags: Art · Fun · Learning Pastels · Writings

Distant Lights

April 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Finally finished this today, I think. It’s not been a week to hope for accomplishing anything, but I think I like this as it is.  I’ll go ahead and frame it, and then I won’t change my mind…

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Tags: Art · sky paintings

Birds after the rain

April 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I haven’t had time or spirit to paint the last week or so, but really enjoyed watching the birds swarm around the feeders after the rain today.  There were cardinals, buntings, and a variety of other birds that I don’t know.  I would welcome anyone’s input in regard to what these birds are.

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Tags: Nature · Photographs

WIP – Distant Lights

April 6th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Working from a photo, this is one I started while at the La Villita Art Festival in San Antonio.  I still have work to do on the foreground and trees.

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Tags: Art · Nature

La Villita Spring Art Festival

April 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments

A few our photos of the La Villita Art Festival in San Antonio…  thank God for Larry and all his work! Low turnout for all the artists, but we met a lot of nice people and had a good time.

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Tags: Art · Marketing Art

WIP – storm clouds at nightfall

April 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments

Not sure what more I will do to this, but I like the sky so far…

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Tags: Art · Nature · sky paintings