Oil Pastel Sketch from Drawing Class

From a photograph I took on a rainy plein air day near McKinely Marina, http://milwaukeesketchclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/wednesdays-plein-air.html

Oil Pastel Sketch at Mount Mary College

Pastel paintings

Made 3 pastel paintings for class on how to frame pastels.

Charcoal & pastel drawings from class last Thursday

Oil Pastel Sketch at Hank Aaron Trail near Miller Park

Charcoal still life for drawing class

Some pastel paintings for One Way Cafe Show

Pictures of Bear Point, Menomonee River, Marinette Co. WI. Received an honorable mention at this show for "Bear Point #2" (The picture with the people in the boat.)


















It's interesting to compare these pastel paintings painted indoors to the oil pastel sketches I did on location and posted on 8/17/09. http://katsmishmash.blogspot.com/2009/08/plein-air-oil-pastels-of-menomonee.html . I had a lot of fun painting all of these pictures