More colors of Sunset

"Into the West 1"  is another 12 x 18 pastel on sanded paper completed in February 2014.  Dense fog diffuses the sun's light making the trunks of the trees look like the legs of giant beasts whose heads are hidden in the clouds.

 

 

 

The colors of sunset

 

"Into the West 2", a 12 x 18 pastel on sanded paper, completed in February 2014.  The close up shows how the color of the rolling hills reflects in the low hanging cloud, and how the rays of the setting sun diffuse and obscure part of the horizon.

 



 

 

 

 

 

The Cardinal and His Lady

The Cardinal and His Lady began as an 18 x 24 inch pastel sketch on newsprint.  The original plan was to have the female bird on the upper branch and the male on the lower.  After some consideration I decided the brightness of his plumage would better serve the composition if I put the male on the upper branch and his 'lady' on the lower branch.  The finished work is a 16 x 20 inch pastel on Sennelier la carte sanded pastel paper.  I used Mungyo Gallery semi hard pastels in combination with various soft pastels and Conte a Paris pastel pencils.  The finished work is in the private collection of Manon Baillargeon of Quebec.