It's been busy and I have not had the time to paint as I have wanted to the last couple of weeks. Getting ready for Christmas shows I have spent all my painting time framing. It's not as fun, but necessary, especially to display pastel work.
If you're not familiar with pastels think of chalk on the teachers chalk board then think of all the colors of the rain bow smudged into a muddy mess. One wrong touch can absolutely destroy hours of work so there is really no such thing as only matting. Pastel work must be covered to protect it! But accidents do happen, recently while working in my studio, my cat, Sasha, sat right in the middle of a painting as I was preparing it to be matted, adding her own special signature! Fortunately she has lots of artistic ability and I was able to finish framing my work!
If you're not familiar with pastels think of chalk on the teachers chalk board then think of all the colors of the rain bow smudged into a muddy mess. One wrong touch can absolutely destroy hours of work so there is really no such thing as only matting. Pastel work must be covered to protect it! But accidents do happen, recently while working in my studio, my cat, Sasha, sat right in the middle of a painting as I was preparing it to be matted, adding her own special signature! Fortunately she has lots of artistic ability and I was able to finish framing my work!
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| Sasha resting after a hard day of helping me paint! |
This painting of Sasha will go to an upcoming exhibit at Works of Wyoming "Aah..Affordable Art" from 11/19/2010 through 12/31/2010. To find out more about the exhibit check out http://worksofwyoming.org/
