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cilla4progress

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5. Love the colors

Reply to LiberalLoner (Original post)

Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:48 AM

Nov 2021

(Fall my favorite season!).

I don't usually like pastels, though I love watercolors. I don't consider these colors pastel? I usually think of pale pink, blue, green...

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Finished another 9x12 pastel today. [View all] LiberalLoner Nov 2021 OP

Lovely Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #1

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #2

I love your pastels! I'm so left-brained I can't even fathom how to start such art, but I appreciate hlthe2b Nov 2021 #3

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #4

Love the colors cilla4progress Nov 2021 #5

Thanks! 😍 Check out modern pastel artists such as Marla Baggetta, Alain Picard, to have your mind LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #9

That is gorgeous! drexelkathy Nov 2021 #6

Thanks! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #10

Beautiful! Is this scene from nature or from your imaginative vision? question everything Nov 2021 #7

Thanks! Started with a reference but then went my own way...so half and half? LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #11

It's beautiful! CrispyQ Nov 2021 #8

Thanks! Sounds like such a cool class! Well, I started with a loose sketch, then LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #12

That's beautiful! Ocelot II Nov 2021 #13

Thank you! 😍. Be patient, it takes some time to get used to them! LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #15

Thank you very much, I'll bookmark and watch them. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #17

❤️ LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #18

Breathtakingly beautiful! femmedem Nov 2021 #14

Thank you so much!!! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #16

You truly have great talent. MLAA Nov 2021 #19

Thank you so much!!! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #33

Beautiful Ohioboy Nov 2021 #20

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #34

Misty fall morning beauty! pazzyanne Nov 2021 #21

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #35

That's a wonderful rendition of autumnal calm and peacefulness lunatica Nov 2021 #22

Thank you with all my heart dear friend! You are the best! 😍😍😍😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #36

Gorgeous fall colors! lark Nov 2021 #23

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #37

Beautiful housecat Nov 2021 #24

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #38

Nice! And I love the way you point out techniques you use to improve your art...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #25

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #39

Nice design / technique. Like the depth of the water. Auggie Nov 2021 #26

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #40

congrats and thank you for sharing BadGimp Nov 2021 #27

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #41

Beautiful. sinkingfeeling Nov 2021 #28

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #42

That's beautiful! CaptainTruth Nov 2021 #29

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #43

Beautiful Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #30

Thank you!😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #44

wow gixxerlee Nov 2021 #31

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #45

Very nicely done!!! bif Nov 2021 #32

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #46

Love it. JudyM Nov 2021 #47

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #48

The water is especially nice. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2021 #49

Thank you! 😍 LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #50