Saturday, February 18, 2012

Slowly but surely it'll get finished

                In the Shade of the Pines, pastel, 18 x 11, ©Mary McHugh 2012

HI everybody,
I am getting the itch to paint again and finished this painting today. It took over a period of four months to complete!  This is a view from the north end of Price Lake near Cable, WI. I am feeling pretty good, and have kept busy this winter with surgery, working, and ski team stuff, but not much actual skiing. Today was a beautiful day so I went skiing briefly and hope to get out again.
                     
I also started a new painting so I thought I'd show you below what my paintings look like when they are in their early stages. This is pastel on uart paper with a turpenoid wash.

2 comments:

janemccrystallambert said...

Beautiful! And thanks for showing the early stages of your art! I hope you were able to get out and ski yesterday. I wonder if you take a camera with you when skiing to capture any particularly beautiful scenes? Or is it best not to multitask when skiing?!

Mary McHugh said...

Thanks Jane! Yes we took a camera and took many photos of our 2 K ski so will be ready for winter paintings sometime in the future.