Playing with my art supplies always helps me keep anxiety down.

[LiberalLoner]

I did this soft pastel painting this week, from a reference photo my sister in law gave to me to use for a painting for her.

https://pin.it/1OM7BNf

[samnsara]

1. beautiful!!!!

[LiberalLoner]

3. Gosh thank you!!!!

[Rorey]

2. That is absolutely beautiful! NT

[LiberalLoner]

4. Wow thank you!

[Ohiogal]

5. I love it

You are very talented!

[LiberalLoner]

6. Blushing! Thank you!!!!!

[Phoenix61]

7. "Playing"? I wish I could play like that.

It’s beautiful!

[LiberalLoner]

8. Thank you!

[redstatebluegirl]

9. Lovely!

[LiberalLoner]

10. Thank you!

[marble falls]

11. If that was playing, I want to see one you rolled up your sleeves for.

[LiberalLoner]

14. LOL thanks!

[femmedem]

12. That is beautiful!

I know what you mean about making art keeping anxiety down. It keeps your focus in the here and now. And now your pastel painting can keep others' anxiety down, too. It's soothing.

[LiberalLoner]

15. Thank you!

[lunatica]

13. Very well executed

Skies are my very favorite themes in art! I love skies because they are never static and they change completely all day long, going from soft light to angry turmoil.

Your skyscape catches that moment in time which is so fleeting when the setting Sun is still shining on the higher clouds but no longer reflected in the lower ones or on the ground, plunging them into the growing darkness. The far horizon becomes the focal point but the viewer’s eye gets drawn into the forefront darkened landscape picking out the details of the barren bushes adding the realization that the season is late Fall or Winter.

The shape of your clouds, especially the dark one overhead are wispy and light yet defined which gives the feeling of soft tranquility, in spite of the dark coloring of the ground and the bare branches of the bushes. The way you painted the darkened cloud against the gorgeous colors in the sky itself is beautiful and soft and sparkling all at once. All of it subtly rendered.

Thanks for sharing this!

[LiberalLoner]

16. Wow thank you!!!!!!

[lunatica]

17. Hi!

As an artist I really appreciate critiques so I try to give them whenever another artist is kind enough to share their art. How our art is perceived is very important, and many times will make us revisit our work. We don’t always know what our work shows or evokes.

You’re very welcome!

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Nice.

[LiberalLoner]

21. Thank you!

[tclambert]

19. It's surprisingly realistic and yet somehow reminds me of Van Gogh.

Is realistic impressionism even a thing?

[LiberalLoner]

22. Wow thank you!

[SunSeeker]

20. Wow. Gorgeous! Love your use of color!

[LiberalLoner]

23. Thank you so much!!!

[LiberalLoner]

24. Did a second painting today. 9x12 on Uart 500 paper.

https://pin.it/482tBcY

[LiberalLoner]

25. Did another painting today.

https://pin.it/6Np96wU

[procon]

26. Its mysteriously dark and intriguing, perfectly

fits my rainy day weather with cloudy skies. And my mood as well... I think I'm sitting just to the right of that scene.

[LiberalLoner]

29. Thank you so much!

[MLAA]

27. Beautiful!

[LiberalLoner]

30. Thank you!!!!

[Nay]

28. beautiful. So atmospheric! nt

[LiberalLoner]

31. Thank you!!!!

[bif]

32. Very nice. Your clouds are wonderful!

[LiberalLoner]

33. Thank you so much!

[LiberalLoner]

34. Today's pastel painting.

https://pin.it/10nlamT