Tidepool Interrupted..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I love to watch water move, whether it's a waterfall,  a pond or pool with a slight rippling effect. It's all mesmerizing to me and very peaceful.

I tried to capture that feeling with this one. That action of looking down into a rock pool when a ripple breaks the surface with such wonderful patterns. 

I hope you like this one, it was a fun one to paint.

This image is a pastel (unframed ) on Sennelier sanded paper.

18" x 24" 

$500 plus S/H

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/tidepool-interruped-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                  Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Like Music Adrift..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Hi again, I am finally able to get back to a post on this blog. My hubby has been in hospital yet again, and my life is just very scattered right now, so no time for painting. Grrr!

I started this one about three days ago. It is a 19.5" x 25.5" pastel on red Sennelier sanded paper (unframed). This one was cathartic for me, with all the stress over the last few months. Just to paint again has been a real treat!

I love to paint water in any form as you may realize, and this rock pool (without the shells) was on Maui . I again 'sparked up my colors using Photoshop on my photo. 
I used my own shell collection to pop in a little more interest. 

I hope you like it. It was a fun image to paint.

$450 plus S/H

Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/like-music-adrift-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Majesty Sublime..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

MAJESTY SUBLIME was started yesterday as a demo for the Brenham Arts League.

What a lovely audience I had, and it was a pleasure having such an eager participation for my demonstration. Thank you all so much.

I worked more on this today just to complete the image, although I had a good start at the demo, it was just not a 'home run' quite yet.

I think it's okay now, I will live with it a day or so and see how I feel.

                  This image is on Sennelier sanded paper (a dark green I believe) 

                                   It is unframed and measures 19.5" x 25.5"

                                                                $525 plus S/H


                           Prints are also available through my Fine Art America site..




https://fineartamerica.com/featured/magesty-sublime-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                                                                    Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Chasm Interrupted..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am on a roll with these abstracts now, hope you are not sick of them.
This one was a challenge..

As you will see from the step by step page below, it began as a full sheet of Sennelier paper on which I had done a quick demo for an art group years ago. 

 I am going through all my old filed paintings and reconstructing them. I hate to waste this wonderful substrate.

So...  I first turned the old demo upside down before deciding to cut the paper in half vertically.

I find if I view an old image upside down first it changes my perspective on that piece, and I begin to see possibilities for another painting.

This one, as with my previous posts, changed a great deal throughout the process of painting it. I could easily have gone with a horizontal format, but in the end, decided on this vertical.
I am constantly rotating the work as I paint.

This image is 10" x 25.5" unframed
$350 plus S/H


Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/chasm-interrupted-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

See below for the thought process behind this pastel painting..

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Cavernous Tumble..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This painting started as a demo start, only partly done, and I did not want to toss the great paper.

It was a full sheet of reddish  Sennelier paper, which I turned upside down and cut in half so I have two pieces I can work on. (there will be another painting coming up soon from this paper)

I liked the color contrast in the demo, so just went with it.

I wanted to abstract my image (though) and after my France workshop last May and a visit to some amazing caves, I felt this image could be an 'echo' of that .

See all the steps below, to better explain.

This image is 13" x 19.5" unframed

$350 plus S/H

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cavernous-tumble-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                             Below is a little on the thoughts behind my process. 

As a finished painting the sheet directly below shows the image in all directions. I could still change my mind on this, it's an easy thing to erase my signature and place it elsewhere if I decided to perhaps go with a vertical format, I will have to live with my chosen top image for a few days and see how I feel.

The sheet below is my whole thought process throughout this painting. From an old demo partly done on a full sheet/cut in half/turned upside down/ and then gradually working around the shapes in a new painting.

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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On a Clear Day..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This is a small pastel piece I did yesterday. It measures 7.5" x 7.5" unframed

$125 plus S/H

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


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/on-a-clear-day-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Soft Light on the Pedernales..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This one is similar to the landscapes I have posted before. Had a great time doctoring colors in Photoshop. But.. now that program seems to have died on me!! Oh woe!

I desperately need my Photoshop.

Looks like I have to call my computer guru.. Grrr!😒😒

Anyway, this image is a pastel on a bright blue Colorfix paper. 

It measures 15.5" x 18.5" unframed.

$300 plus S/H

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/soft-light-on-the-pedernales-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Just Turning..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 

JUST TURNING is a scene from the area of Hamilton Pool here in Texas, the river is the Pedernales.


I love this area, so full of things to paint. I used Photoshop to embellish and vamp up my colors with this one, something I do a fair bit..


This image is done on a mauve colored Canson TOUCH paper, not one of my favorites I have to admit, just not enough 'tooth' to it for my style of painting.




Image size is 22" x 28" unframed
$525 plus S/H


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


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/just-turning-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Pedernales Roaming..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This pastel is unframed and is on a lovely French Ultramarine Blue sanded Colorfix paper.

The scene is of the Pedernales river area here in Texas, which I embellished a little in Photoshop to get some more vivid colors. You know me, I LOVE that color!

                                                Image size is 20" x 28" unframed

                                                                 $525 plus S/H

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






https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pedernales-roaming-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Sunset Afterglow..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

SUNSET AFTERGOW is inspired by Maui and all the beach walks I did there at sunset. The soft and romantic colors are wonderful at this time of evening. How I miss that part of island life.


I always fine soft high key colors difficult to portray in my art, so this was a challenge.

                                  This image is unframed and measures 8" x 10".

                                                                $150 plus S/H


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


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-afterglow-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Headland At Lowtide..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

HEADLAND AT LOWTIDE  is an imaginary image, but one I have seen many times in my homeland of Australia. The light is so clear there, and the colors are so vibrant.

I am very inspired by color and movement as you all know, and any water scene will always captivate me.

I hope you like this one, it was fun to paint.
I have no idea of the substrate, it could be UArt paper but I truly don't know. It was one I found in my reserve drawer.

                                                This image is 8" x 10" unframed

                                                                $150 plus S/H

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

    https://fineartamerica.com/featured/headland-at-lowtide-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Becalmed..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

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Believe it not, I always thought sunset paintings were a bit 'cheesy' and I stayed well clear of doing any. I guess I have a had a change of heart in the last week or so.

This was an old demo and was trees originally. Yep..TREES!

I decided to just use a piece of foam to smudge the trees away enough for me to try doing the seascape you now see. I liked all my original colors, so wanted to take advantage of that.

                                  Here is the finished result.. I hope you like it.

                            This image is on Sennelier sanded paper unframed. 

                                                        13" x 19"

                                                   $295 plus S/H


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

          https://fineartamerica.com/featured/becalmed-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

 

 

Thanks for visiting..

 

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Creacendo..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Another of these different shaped formats, I love to challenge myself with something out of the norm.

This pastel is all about the sky as was the last one I posted, and completely made up (again), as with the last post.

                                          The substrate is Sennelier sanded paper.

                                                Image size is 5.25" x 12" unframed

                                                              $175 plus S/H

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/crescendo-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting.. 

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Coastal Glow..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I felt like a change and decided on a coastal scene this time. I wanted a dramatic sky and bold colors. I had a different shaped piece of Colorfix mauve paper, and thought, why not?

                                            This image is 6.5" x 19.5" unframed.

                                                           $200 plus S/H

                        This image is also available in prints from Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/coastal-glow-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Blue Haze Falls..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am in love with unusual formats on which to paint, this long landscape support is one of my favorites.

I admit it can be tricky though. The scene is so stretched the artist has to keep in mind not to make everything explained and focused.

My falls area itself is my main area, or at least I hope it is.

I welcome comments, just be kind.Ha!

This image is 9.6" x 25.6" and is unframed.

$450 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

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

Rae teaches workshops and does demonstrations in all media. 

Please contact Rae through this blog or her website:

www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Provence Daliance..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I have painted this scene before in watercolors. I just finished this one in pastels on Sennelier paper.

This image is unframed

10" x 14" 

$200 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/provence-daliance-rae-andrews.html

Rae teaches workshops and conducts demonstrations in all media.

Contact Rae through this blog or via her website at:

www.raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Fall Dazzle...Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this one. I worked on Sennelier sanded paper, a rust/tan color.

I knew I wanted the contrast of the blues against that complement.

This one is mostly made up although I did start with a photo I had of a waterfall.  In Sketch Club, I played  on the Ipad , overlapping some more water and rocks.

Painting waterscapes always relaxes me, I love to do them!

I hope you like this one.

Unframed this image is 13.6" x 17.6"

$400 plus S/H

Prints are available through Fine Art America:

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

Rae conducts workshops and demonstrations of all her varied techniques in all media. 

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

 www.raeandrews.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:
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Surf Action..Pastel Seascape...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

This one is a labor of love.. I adore doing water as a subject. Especially a dramatic scene.

It's not an image from anywhere in particular, just painted with the feeling I get from watching waves at the shoreline.

This image is a pastel on Sennelier paper. 

It is unframed.

Size of this image is 12.75" x 20"

$295 Plus S/H

Prints of this image and more of my art are available at Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/surf-action-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:
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