Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

When I finish a painting that has been a challenge for me (whether it turned out well or not), I like to draw or paint something I’m more comfortable with. Also, there are days when nothing goes right, like today. I tried to start another painting, but it felt forced…  I even had [...]

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My grocery store actually ran out of pears.  So my sister brought me three to draw / paint.  I did a pencil sketch last night of the small one, and got up early today to do a colored pencil drawing.

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1) When you start drawing, an apple or pear is one of the easiest things to attempt because you don’t have to capture the exact shape – a close approximate to the original will be fine, especially after you’ve eaten the fruit.
2) If you have a digital camera and are just starting [...]

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Not having much time right now to put into painting, I can steal a few minutes here and there to check out my favorite blogs…  and those artist’s favorite blogs.
Here is one I found today –
Andrea Joseph’s sketchblog
Wonderful, wonderful sketches.
And I found Andrea through
Rose Welty
who also loves to paint, draw and figured out [...]

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The Bear Creek Retreat allowed many of us from the Austin Pastel Society to paint at their beautiful place about a week ago, and I got a lot of great photos and a start on a pastel.  This is a pencil sketch done from a photo I took of three cool “step-down” trees on their [...]

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I keep telling myself that if I want to improve as an artist, I need to practice.  Every piece won’t be a “keeper”.  So I try to draw whenever I have time.  Also, I intend to occasionally copy art that I like, not to sell but to improve my skills.  So I won’t be working [...]

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Sometimes it’s difficult to decide which medium would be the best to work with when you have a certain final creation in mind.  I have started with pastel pencils and after twenty minutes or so, switched to watercolor, then decided that wouldn’t work and ended up drawing with colored pencil, because I wanted a lot [...]

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I bought this plant – it had six buds now all in full bloom – at the grocery for about $3.50, and did a colored pencil drawing today

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I try to keep improving my drawing skills, as I believe that is a basic foundation for any art you do beyond drawing.  Here are an apple and banana I did last week, regular ol’ pencil ~  (and if you put the word “apple” in the search box to the right, all apple-related posts will [...]

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Since I have always loved the most basic element of art – pencil drawing – I wanted to post one that I did a few years ago, and links to some of my favorite pencil artists who definitely excel at pencil “painting”.  For me, drawing has always been a part of my life.  It [...]

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