Regina Calton Burchett - Art in Progress

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

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Virtual Sketch - Drawing of Tree with Shadows

November 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments

The directions say to post on Saturday, but I finished this tonight and if I don’t do it now, I probably won’t remember to post it.   Virtual Sketch Link November

I love trees - drawing, painting, watching trees. This was done with a mechanical pencil on acid-free card stock. It took about two hours.  […]

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Leslie’s cabbage - how to draw a flower

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve seen a lot of searches to this site about ” how to sketch a flower “, and I’d like to help you find one of the best step-by-step illustrations I’ve seen. It’s by a friend of mine, Leslie Hawes, on her blog www.lesliehawes.com and is from one of the virtual sketch exercises. […]

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Why we create art

November 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

If you are an artist viewing this website, I would love to hear your thoughts on what you enjoy most about creating art.
The anticipation, the preparation, the actual creation or the final contemplation?  (I got kind of caught up in how those words wove together). Or do you enjoy some other aspect I […]

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Three Pears - Virtual Sketch October - Pastel

October 25th, 2008 · 26 Comments

this is my piece for the October Virtual Sketch - once again I kind of ran out of time, so feel like I rushed it. Vowing to commit more time at an earlier time next time …

Soft Pastel done on super fine sand paper, measures 8″ x 5″

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Break in the Storm Clouds - Finished!

October 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

I’ve enjoyed this a lot, taking my time and not rushing it.

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step by step, inch by inch: Break in the Storm Clouds

October 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

as of 7pm, during three separate breaks from  work and trotting out to my studio, checking my progress on this piece over my shoulder in a mirror, slowly liking the bottom section more. Not quite there.  Ready for any suggestions.

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Break in the Clouds - a little progress

October 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I stole half an hour today (my busiest day of the month!) to work on the sky a little - but I hope to have this done in a few days.

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A Break in the Clouds - a beginning

October 5th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I did an experiment today - starting a new piece and as I progressed, taking photos every time I thought of it. I wanted to see for myself how I work on a pastel - to see if there was a method or logic or style. Generally, I think of my work pattern as scattered […]

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Virtual Sketch - Pink flower in vase

September 27th, 2008 · 25 Comments

Sketch done as a drawing exercise (and for fun!) along with other artists for Virtualsketch

Derwent colored pencil on the backside of Mi-Teintes black paper, measures 8.5″W x 6.5″H.
The photo is close to the original, but not quite as intense.  Please go to Virtualsketch blog to see all artists sketches!

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Black birds bathing at the edge of night

September 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Out back in the wonderful evening light, about four and twenty black birds came to visit and bathe…
 

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