Treetop Rascals..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This pastel is done on black velour paper. 

I rarely use black paper, although the drama of it speaks for itself. 

However, it is extremely difficult to get the lights and darks to read on this surface, especially with VELOUR PAPER.

The subject is of Lorikeets or as they are called in Australia, LORRIES.. 

Little imps which fly all over the eastern regions of Australia and are forever present in the treetops, calling to one another. The colors are truly amazing!

I hope I did them justice here.

This pastel is unframed and measures 9" x 15".

$155 plus S/H

Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:

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Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of her many techniques . She uses all media.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Red Bud Beauty..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

RED BUD BEAUTY is a pastel on a UArt sanded panel.

It is unframed.

This image is 8.6" x 13" unframed

$275 plus S/H

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

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/red-bud-beauty-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae teaches workshops and does demonstrations of her techniques in all media.

Please contact her through this blog or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Sundown Glow..Pastel.. Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This pastel is done on UArt paper which I mounted to foam core. It is unframed.

I am playing with textures right now with my pastel paintings, and these grasses are great fun to explore with this technique.

This image is 11" x 15" unframed

$350 Plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

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

Rae conducts demonstrations and workshops in all media.

Please contact her through this blog or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Grasses..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I had this odd off cut of paper, and have no idea what it was though. It's a dark maroon color and is sanded. Any ideas?

Anyway, I had mounted it onto some archival foam core a few years ago so why not use it?

The format is quite elongated and poses problems or should I say, challenges to the artist, composition wise.

I chose to do just tall brambles and grasses, really playing with the various textures.

I used an alcohol wash under painting in parts, let it dry and then worked the pastels over the top.

I don't usually do this technique of underneath washes, but this paper took the wet media so why not?

I hope you like it.

This image is 8" x 22" unframed.

$300 plus S/H

It is also available in prints at:

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

Rae conducts demonstrations and workshops in all media.

Please contact her through this blog or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

In All It's Glory..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

In All It's Glory is a pastel on sanded Sennelier paper. This scene is another from the Sam Rayburn Lake trip I have just done. 

I warned you I would be a painting fool after this trip, i took so many photos, all paintable.

My morning and afternoon walks with the puppies were just wonderful, so much beauty!

This is another odd size, but it seemed to suit the subject so I went with it.

6" x 17.6" unframed

$200 Plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-all-its-glory-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae teaches workshops  and conducts demonstrations in all mediums.

Please contact her through this blog, or via her website:

wwwraeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting.. 

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:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

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

Rainforest Melee..Pastel Abstract...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

I had fun with this one, just allowing the inner child surface with these fun colors. This image is a pastel on Richeson board again. 

It measured 8" x 10"

$150 plus S/H

I am adding the image of the pillow cover and Phone cover as well, which can be purchased through Fine Art America.

Prints and all these other items can be purchased at:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/rainforest-melee-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

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

Suspended In Blues..Pastel over Acrylics..Abstract..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I'm Back!!!! So sorry for my absence.. I have been tripping around, and just got home from Maui and a vacation with my dearest painting buddies.

Great fun and lots of Chi Chi's for some of the girls, whom I will not name !!!  Hee hee.

So this is a small addition to my abstract pastels I had been doing a while back.

I love doing these ones, so to break back into painting again I thought I would hop into this series again for a while..

SUSPENDED IN BLUES  began with free flowing inks on a pastel surface.

I then  made these wonderful bell shaped flowers come into focus with negative painting and pastel overlays. 

I had photos of these flowers from Maui. Have no idea what they are called, and I have stretched the realism a lot to fit with my design, so I will forgive you for not identifying them.I do know they supposedly are poisonous and bloom at night.. or that is what I have been told.

This image is a 6" x 9" image and can be yours for $125 plus S/H !!

                          Prints of this image can be purchased through Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/suspended-in-blues-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

Golden Splendor..Pastel..Semi Abstracted Landscape..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I began this one with a very bright random coverage of MAGENTA liquid acrylic on a TEXTURED board. 

When this had dried, I drew a simple landscape and worked my pastels over the top of the magenta. 

I like the bounce of colors in this one. It is almost completely covered with pastels, the acrylic is just a start.

More to come, hope you like it.

                                       This image is an unframed 8" x 10" PASTEL

                                                               $150 Plus S/H 

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

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/golden-splendor-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