pastel landscape

This is my latest pastel.  started it in class a couple weeks ago and finished it last night.  the picture is from a calender. 

swap painting

This was the painting I painted to send to my artist partner this month.  I was experimenting with glazing with gum arabic to make my pumpkins shinier.  I like the way it turned out on the orange ones.  couldn't seem to get the perspective right on the yellow one :( overall I though I really like this painting :)

Bubbles...

I have a lot of trouble with the whole negative painting concept (painting around shapes) I have been working on this the last couple days...not only to practice negative painting but also to practice making see through spheres with reflections and shadows.  I call this one "Bubbles...." colors around the outside are much stronger than I would have liked but that is because of all the layers it took to paint this...getting darker each layer.