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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Dragonfly Pastel Painting sold

'At the Pond' 5x7 pastel
I've been wanting to paint this dragonfly for awhile. I took his photo at the gardens in South Carolina...It wasn't easy catching one still enough for a photo! I painted his wings with a pearlescent Great American pastel. It really sparkles nicely in real life. I'd like more of these pastels...I'll put that on my wish list!

5 comments:

CAROL cmcpaints@aol.com said...

love the colors, just the right time to use those pearlescent ones.

Karen said...

Thanks Carol...the shimmer is really cool in real life!

Lori McNamara said...

Oooo its perfect, I love it. A wonderful way to catch those wings.

Tina Helmuth said...

I love dragonflies! They come perch on me all summer long when I'm sitting outside. You captured this one beautifully, especially the wings.

Erik said...

I hope you don't mind, I posted your dragonfly on
my blog
. It instantly made me think of someone I love very much and I knew it would send her just the right message. Your work is lovely. Thank you.