Portofino Drift..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Finally finished this one.. Pastel on red Sennelier paper.

I am a part of a pastel presentation for Austin Pastel Society on Sunday 28th October  (approx. 3.30-4.30 pm) at Precision Camera in Austin. Please come along if you want to see a fun demonstration by 5 artists.

You would be most welcome. We have a silent auction at the end of each work, and the money raised goes into our scholarship fund.

This presentation is called a PAINT AROUND where all five artists begin on their own artwork for first ten minutes, then it is passed around to the next artist for them to do another ten minutes pastelling  on it.

 The demo lasts one hour with the artwork ending up in front of the original artist, for them to 'tweak' what the other artists have done to their work.

Great fun!

The above pastel painting is me getting in readiness for this presentation.

This image measures 16" x 20" unframed

 $500 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/portofino-drift-rae-andrews.html

Thanks for visiting.

Rae works and teaches in all mediums. For more info please contact her through this blog site or through her website

raeandrews.com

Portofino Interlude..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

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This is another of the boats in the Portofino Bay. Same boat as my last post, different vantage point.

I loved all the colors when I was there, and of course I embellish them to my own liking as well. 

This image is a pastel on Sennelier paper.

The painting measures 16" x 20" unframed.

$500 plus S/H

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/portofino-interlude-rae-andrews.html

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches workshops in all media. For more info please contact her through this blog or through her website:

raeandrews.com

Chain Reaction..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Chain Reaction is a pastel on Sennelier paper.
Image size is 15.5" x 19.5" unframed


$450 plus S/H


I did quite a lot of reconstruction on the links from my initial drawing as in my photo it was not clear enough to follow. I made the water up and the wharf, both of which were not visible in my photo, which incidentally was a chain I saw on Maui in the Maalaea Harbor.


I also turned this one every which way during my process, and finally decided to make it a horizontal format.






Prints of this image are also available through my Fine Art America print site:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/chain-reaction-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

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:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

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:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

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:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

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:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

A Peace Beyond..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I just finished this one, which I began yesterday afternoon. 

It is on a mystery paper I had in my file drawer so don't ask what it is..:(( 

It is was a cream sanded paper though however not one I was familiar with.

The size of this image is 19.5" x 25.5 " unframed.

My reference was a lily pond photo I took while in France last May. The fish I actually made up. The magically appeared so voila!

AS is my general practice I nudged color in Photoshop, although this image was pretty colorful to begin with I have to say.

$550 plus S/

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-peace-beyond-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

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:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

River Jewels..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Another small pastel on Premier sanded paper, really like this surface. I also love this small format, no details allowed, great fun!

                                                      This image is 4" x 8" unframed
                                                                   $60 plus S/H


                                    Prints are also available through Fine Art America:
           https://fineartamerica.com/featured/river-jewels-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

Double The Trouble..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Some of you might recognize my boys, this is Pebbles and Bam Bam, the loves of my life!

They are from two photos I had and I wanted to place them in water, to try and get a reflection and ACTION image.

I made the water up. It was a fun image to paint, and I am pretty pleased with this one.

This image is 18" x 24" unframed

The substrate is a dark gray Sennelier paper

$500 plus S/H

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

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/double-the-trouble-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

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

Lake Sam Rayburn Colors..Paste.. Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I have just returned from a fabulous few days at my buddy's lake house on Lake Sam Rayburn in southeast Texas. 

Thanks Vicki, for having us all!

Wow! The morning and afternoon walks with my puppies were delightful, and the scenery was superb, so expect more beachscapes from me in the future.

This one is a long elongated format, a favorite of mine on which to paint. 

It is done in pastels on Sennelier paper.

8" x 19.6" unframed.

$200 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lake-sam-rayburn-colors-rae-andrews.html

Rae demonstrates her techniques in all media, and does workshops and classes.

Please contact her through this blog or 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:
raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com

Glow......Pastel Landscape..........Texas Artist.......Rae Andrews

This is another pre-tinted textured pastel board .. It originally was a soft creme color, and I tinted parts of it with red/orange liquid acrylics. 

The whole board is now covered in pastel, some layers a little thinner than others, to allow the underneath colors to show through.

I really love this technique, it keeps my colors different to the dullness of the actual manufactured board colors. 

Enjoy...

                                                          This image is an 8" x 10"

                                                                  $150 Plus S/H 

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

           http://fineartamerica.com/featured/glow-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

Autumn in Nisqually by David Patterson

"Autumn in Nisqually" 10"x13" Soft Pastel
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"Beached" by David Patterson

 "Beached" 11x17 Soft Pastel Painting


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