Contemporary Abstract Pastel Landscape Painting "Tree at Dusk" by Abstract Artist Nijole Rasmussen

 Original Pastel Portrait Painting

 11.5"x15.5" Pastel on Paper/Private Collection

 Commissions WElcome

 Visit http://nijolerasmussen.com to view more of my work.

All That Glitters, Is Not Gold..Pastel.. Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This is only my second effort trying this pastel pencil on cold press watercolor paper. It certainly keeps me interested, so maybe I will do more. I began with a bold watercolor start, then when dry, I worked my pastel pencils and some hard pastels over the top.

I saw a great demonstration by Jeannette Cuevas....http://www.jeannettecuevas.com/#home

 (who is the 'QUEEN' of this technique), a few weeks ago. 

Although my work leaves a LOT to be compared to Jeannette's lovely work, I am 'sort of' happy with this one.

This is a 14" x 20" pastel over watercolor.

$250 Plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

alhttp://fineartamerica.com/featured/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS
For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:www.raeandrewsgallery.fineartstudioonline.com

Or..

rae-andrews.pixels.com

Blog Site at:
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Lilies..Floral Pastel...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

LILIES began with a watercolor throw in. Loose and with no pre-conceived notion of my subject at all.

After the colors all dried, I found I could work flowers into them. What a surprise..lol!

I think FLORALS are possibly the easiest subject for me to go with using this abstract throw in of wet media.

I had this photo of lilies from years ago and decided, with a few moderations, to let it guide me through this painting.

The substrate is UArt paper mounted onto acid free foamcore.

This image is 18" x 12" unframed 

$280 Plus S/H

Prints also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lilies-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Shell Design ..Semi Abstract...Pastel...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

This is another semi abstract design done in pastels over acrylics.

I simply love this process. I never know the outcome, and these designs are always a challenge to me.

The whole surface is eventually covered in pastels in the form of pastel pencils and the soft variety sticks, after a fluid start with liquid acrylics and water.

I chose this elongated format as an added challenge, this gets me away from the 'expected' and I like the surprise .

The substrate is a white Richeson Sanded Board , which are fast becoming my favorite substrate for this mixed media work.

Original image is 20" x 7.7" (unframed

$150 plus S/H

Prints of this image and more are also available at:

 http://rae-andrews.pixels.com

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Delicate Balance...Abstract Design...Pastel...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

This one is a pastel over an acrylic underlay, although most of that is hidden with pastels now.

That's the beauty of starting a painting like this, the acrylic gives you an option to go with the patterns the paint has made or not. Pastel is an opaque medium so it is not that hard to diminish the acrylic if you desire.

I mostly use my pastel pencils though, on this Richeson sanded surface. Oh, and yes, I am smudging quite a bit after the pastel is applied, something I rarely do with my pastels. This surface is pretty rough and for these designs I prefer a smoother result.

I hope you like this one.

It is an 8" x 10" unframed piece on foam sanded board.

$150 plus S/H 

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/delicate-balance-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Whirling Dervish.Semi-Abstract......Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I began this with a pour of watercolor and acrylics on an Ampersand board.

At the time of the pour, I had no idea what I wanted to paint, so I decided to just play with the liquid media.

When it naturally dried, I began to wade through my photos, and decided to use KOI as my muse having watched and photographed tons of these fish on Maui on my last trip there.

I used my pastel pencil to draw the shapes into the painted areas, and then proceeded to overlay my pastels to retrieve the fish.

This is a large painting, 24" x 36" and is unframed. I hope you like it..

$500 Plus S/H ( contiguous USA. only).

Prints of this image are available at Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/whirling-dervish-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Light Dance...Landscape...Pastel...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

Had fun with this one.. I LOVE a big sky!

It's totally out of my head.. 

This is a pastel on gatorboard.

Image size is 4.5" x 8" (unframed)

$95 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/light-dance-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Neon Damsels...Abstracted Landscape...Pastel...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

NEON DAMSELS began with a wash of bright magenta and orange liquid acrylic over a textured board..

When dry, I then began to superimpose my tree forms over this with willow charcoal.

With pastel pencils I first enhanced and subdued some of the colors before going in with a touch of soft pastels, feeling my way so to speak.

I did not like the texture the soft pastels made, so I used a brush loaded with water and flattened areas out, see the bottom trees and shrub areas and foliage.

I had a hard time making fine linear marks with my pastels. Even my pastel pencils are not fine enough, so I used a fine rigger brush dipped in watercolor, and made the branches. 

Some final pastel touches were gently integrated over the watercolor and I was happy.

This image is an 8" x 10" unframed pastel on gatorboard.

$160 Plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/neon-damsels-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Fissures Of Time...Abstract.. Pastel...Texas Artist.......Rae Andrews

I had started this a few days ago and got sidetracked with my URBAN PAINTINGS.. 

 I finally finished it today.

I still love doing these abstract pastels, they are such fun. I hope you like this one.

 Image size is 7.5" x 11" and it is on a Gator Board substrate.

This image is for sale..$150 Plus S/H 

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fissures-of-time-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Check out the pillows, phone covers and other items FAA produces with this image.

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Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:

rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Village Glow...Semi -Abstract....Pastel over Acrylic and Watercolor...Texas Artist ...Rae Andrews

Okay, I am still doing the pastel over acrylics and using watercolor to pull areas together with this image. I used WILD colors with the acrylics to begin this scene. I think most of you know how much I just LOVE color!

I love the interaction of the mixed media, and it allows me my vibrant WILD use of color.

I think I prefer the ABSTRACT  genre, but thought I would throw this one in for a bit of a break. Hope you all like it.

Back to the studio!

                                  This image is 5" x 7" on sanded Richeson board.

                                                             $100 Plus S/H

                                  Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:

                             http://fineartamerica.com/featured/village-glow-rae-andrews.html

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Coastal Interlace....Abstract... Pastel....Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

COASTAL INTERLACE  is a slightly larger abstract image than the previous ones I have posted. 

In going to a bigger format, I had to really concentrate on CONNECTION and make the top half of the painting still be a part of the lower areas.

The board on which this is painted is a RICHESON sanded board. I had a failed landscape on this and did not want to toss the good board. Another reason for using these VERY FORGIVING surfaces. i am fast falling in love with them.

I simply washed it down and scrubbed away with an old brush moving the old pastels around. It did not remove all the landscape, however when it dried, I partially pre - wet again in places, and droozled (love that word) my LIQUID ACRYLICS  over areas..I waited till it dried, some patterns were there for me to enhance, some others I needed to totally make up.

I had to gradually cover my surface with pastels. The underneath acrylics just glowed with the pastel overlay.

As with all these abstracts, it could be turned in all directions, some better than others.

I had to think long and hard in finding the best way to look at the image. 

I also spent a lot longer (than my previous smaller abstracts)  painting this one today; perhaps the size,  however I truly had to think on all the design elements with this one. I am happy with it, I hope you also like it..

Time for wine!

                                              Image size of this one is 11" x 14" (unframed)

                                                                        $300 inc. S/H

                                                         

                       Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

                          

               http://fineartamerica.com/featured/coastal-interlace-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

You might also check out the other items produced by Fine Art America using this image:

                           http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rae-andrews/shop/all/all/all

                   http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rae-andrews/shop/all/all/throw+pillows

                   http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rae-andrews/shop/all/all/iphone+cases

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:
rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Blue Concerto...Abstract.. Pastel Over Liquid Acrylics.. Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Having recently played with the Richeson sanded boards, liquid acrylics and pastel overlays,  I thought I would continue with this image in the same vein..

As mentioned before with my previous post, these boards will allow a lot of mixed media under painting, and the way the colors of the pastel overlays GLOW is magical!

I so wish more pastel societies would allow ABSTRACT imagery in their competitions, in actual fact, these are way more difficult (in this artist's humble opinion), than a traditional landscape image.

Image size (unframed) 

6" x 9"

This image comes presented matted and ready for framing.

Prints of this image also available in print from Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-concerto-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

You might also check out other items produced using this image at the Fine Art America site:

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rae-andrews/shop/all/all/all

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rae-andrews/shop/all/all/throw+pillows

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rae-andrews/shop/all/all/iphone+cases

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her techniques in ACRYLICS, PASTELS, OILS, and WATERCOLORS

For more information please contact her at:

rae4art@aol.com

Please visit my Web Site at:
www.yessy.com/raeandrews

or my Blog Site at:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com