Wisconsin Pastel Artists Spring Serenade Exhibit April 29-May 23

Just finished matting & framing my piece for this exhibit. I decided to use my Hidden Lakes Plein Air Oil Pastel now that they are allowing oil pastel into the exhibit. Tomorrow I will drop it off at Schauer Arts and Activities Center, 147 N. Rural Street, Hartford, WI. It's a very nice place to exhibit.

East Troy Electric Railroad, 8x12 Oil Pastel

Quite a challenge to draw. Nice weather for April.

Scuppernong Marsh near Eagle, 12x8 Oil Pastel

Beautiful day. Some bugs but none were the biting kind. I really like this Strathmore Canvas Paper. It takes the oil pastel real nice.

Crocheted Afgan

Finally finished. Yeah!!!

Blarney Castel 9x12 Oil Pastel Plein Aire Sketch

Overcast and very pleasant temperature. Close to 50 F. I said "Hi" to everybody that walked by. The owner of the Blarney castle took down the Xmas wreath and put it inside the castle as she was leaving to go to an exercise class. My painting buddies did some very nice watercolors.

Hidden Lakes Oil Pastel 9x12 plein air

The sun came out this afternoon. Sat on my stool in the sun next to my car which blocked the wind and was quite comfortable. Wore a light pair of gloves and when I needed to blend I put on my pair where I cut off the fingertips. Not warm enough to work without gloves yet.

11 x 14 pastel Oscar Dog

Today I just finished matting Oscar Dog for Horn Feeds Mill. I started out with conte crayon, then used hard pastels and did fine details with pastel pencils. On mis-teintes paper.