In our Arizona Pastel Artists Assoc. we have a challenge. Several people are given an item to use in a painting. I chose to paint the "dishtowel" that was our group's challenge as a kite. Here it is: "Runaway Kite"

This is the second panel for Sydney's birthday. (See below). I really had a hard time with this one since I used Gold Foil and had never worked with it before.

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This is the 40 X 40 panel I did in acrylic for Sydney's birthday. Luckily I was able to get the figures at Michaels. Anyway, it was to her specifications and she received it yesterday.'These are her Princess Girls.

I painted this pastel using a phote reference from Charlie's recent sky photos. This was taken right out our back door. I painted it on the new (to me) pastelmat paper, and I am in love with it. It is a smooth paper that holds oodles of pastel layers. I do not like the way I ended the mountain on the left lower corner but that can be fixed.

This painting was started in Chama NM where we visited Susan and Tom Roper. Susan took the picture at their camp grounds. Mine is a watercolor underpainting finished in soft pastel. To see us painting, check Susans link on this blog. We had a great afternoon to begin a glorious week.

If you don't like tea, choose coffee. This old grinder was Charlie's grandma's. The cups are also old from his past. I painted this on aqua board and sealed it.

I am feeling stagnant in this heat. Decided to paint some watercolor for a change. This, AFTERNOON TEA, was fun to do. Hope you like it and stop what you are doing and have a cup.