PASTELS AND PORTRAITS

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Attempts to do something different........Pastels and Portraits

Over the Winter, I tried a couple of pastel originals....someone gave me a set for Christmas.....and it is not easy....but here are a few of my first attempts....

A Sleepy Sloop in the Morning Mist.....

Two Sloops on the St Croix River...the morning Mist is still rising..

Above...St Croix Island looking over towards Maine from New Brunswick...a pastel plethora..

Luscious Greens and Lovely Leaning Lilac-hued Lupins...a Maritime perspective....

A commissioned family portrait for Mothers' Day.......The Young Family..N B

Portrait of Julius below....my second attempt at portraiture.....

WHEN ASKED IF I DO PORTRAITS, MY REPLY WAS A TENTATIVE..... not really, but I can try....

PASTELS AND PORTRAITS

Attempts to do something different........Pastels and Portraits

A Sleepy Sloop in the Morning Mist.....

Portrait of Julius below....my second attempt at portraiture.....

Below...baby Olivia...my first attempt to do a child............