Regina Calton Burchett - Drawings & Pastels

This was an experiment for me and a step away from my art comfort zone.  But I like it.

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I’m fairly close to done on this, I think.  I’m trying to decide if a sky painting needs land to ‘anchor’ it.

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One artist who regularly posts some excellent and helpful pieces is Rose Welty.  She had a great article on doing art every day, even if for just ten minutes.  (Read post here) One of the things I like about that idea is that it reminds us, every day, that whatever else we may be [...]

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I started this one today on a 5×7 Ampersand pastel board, working on getting a second piece ready for the Austin Pastel Society’s show at the Scarbrough Building.

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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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Sitting here looking out the window at the last of the beautiful fall trees, it seems like we have more color this year than we generally do in central Texas.  The yellows and oranges all around the neighborhood have been such a nice change, but now the trees are losing their leaves more rapidly.

It seems [...]

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When I think about why we should continue to put forth the effort to recycle cans and glass and paper, to cut our vehicle emissions, to carry our own reusable grocery bags, to endeavor to turn back the clock on the damage we have done our planet. . . . .  I [...]

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Sometimes I look at various framed pieces of art that I did several years ago - and still have on my walls - and see so many things I want to change. Colors that I wish I had chosen differently, a pastel stroke (or many) here or there that I should have omitted or applied, [...]

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As I walk into the woods, [...]

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We think of silence as a void - a lack of something in a particular moment, whereas it is actually a tangible presence. And a gift.
How often do we have complete silence in our lives? If there are moments or even hours in our day with no television, no radio, no co-workers nor conversations [...]

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