Tag Archives: pastels

MORE LIFE DRAWINGS – PASTEL PAINTINGS

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I am in hospital at the moment getting a new hip joint as the old one gave up after years of sport.

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So here are a few  of my recent life paintings,

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I have been taking my pastels down to the sessions of late.

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These will be the last life paintings I will do for a while until I get fully mobile again.

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But what I might do in the interim is work up some of the quick sketches I’ve done as they can be more dynamic and interesting than these more static longer poses.

Other life paintings can be found on my website, grahammcquadefineart.com

 

MISTY MORNING ON THE CANAL AT HALSALL – PASTEL PAINTING

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P1020454(1)I parked up in the carpark by the canal ready to go off painting and just took a glimpse along the towpath. Fingers of mist still clung to the reeds, avoiding the sun’s weak rays. Out of the reed beds some moorhens glided across the chill water, probably thinking I might be a source of a free breakfast.

I tried this out in pastel to get the wisps of mist. In hindsight I could have done it in watercolour and used white gouache for the mist.

Other canal side paintings are available on my website grahammcquadefineart.com

THE COTTAGES ON CUT LANE – PASTEL PAINTING

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I don’t know what fascinates me about these cottages, just off the road at the foot of Clieve’s Hills as you approach Ormskirk having travelled across the moss, inland  from Southport. I did them  as a watercolour (shown on this blog on September 24th) and have previously painted them plein air by the roadside, although the best view point is in the middle of the road, which isn’t much good.

Perhaps the middle  bale needs a bit of tidying up as I look at is as I write.

Other landscapes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

FARM TRACK – PASTEL PAINTING

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The old tracks and roads which crisscross the Moss behind Southport where I live start to heave and bend as the land around dries out. The poles which adorn the roadside then tip like dancing men. Here is a typical path which disappears  out of sight done in pastel.

Other paintings of the Halsall Moss are available on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

THREE FIGURES – ACRYLIC AND PASTEL PAINTINGS

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Three figures from recent life sessions, two in acrylic and one in pastel. The top one was playing around in blocks of colour and I decided to reintroduce the background into the figure. I then added more blocks outside and a feeling of disintegration  developed.

Other figurative paintings are available on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

THREE LIFE SKETCHES – ACRYLIC AND PASTEL

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Painting’s taken a backseat to opening parcels, eating and drinking but here’s some of my latest life paintings done during the run-up to Christmas. The first one is an acrylic, the second a pastel and finally another acrylic, each done in around 90 minutes during some of the  life sessions I attend.

Other life paintings for sale  can be found on my website grahammcquadefineart.com

 

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