Monday, February 14, 2011

Romania

The location for Virtual Paintout this month is Romania.  What a beautiful country!  I think the Google truck must have been there in the spring because everything looked so fresh.  I spent a couple of hours looking through the country roads.  I wanted to stop but I had to see what was around the next curve, and the next, and the next.  Well you get the picture.  Finally, I got hungry and that was the end of the search online and the beginning of the new search for something good to eat.

This one is done with soft pastels.  I wanted to work with the oil pastels again but thought this scene would look better in the soft pastels.  After I finished this, I did do an oil pastel painting which I was going to post but after I took the photo of it, I noticed that I need to add some more darks.  It's funny how a painting looks done but a photo of it show it's flaws so clearly.

Romania
Image Size 7" x 10"
Pastels



9 comments:

  1. What a beautiful, peaceful scene and I love the way you captured it with such a soft look.

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  2. Nancy, this is so beautiful! I'm not sure how, but it has a 3-dimensional look to it even on my computer monitor. I love this!!

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  3. A lovely scene, beautifully done. So serene, makes me want to be there now! The pastel works well on this one!

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  4. Thank you Mary Anne. I thought pastels would be the best medium for this. It's such a fun, non-stressful medium to use so this was a very relaxing painting to do.

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  5. You really captured the feel of the European countryside. I feel like I am there-wonderfully done Nancy.

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  6. Thank you Nancy. I would love to visit this area in real life.

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  7. I love it, Nancy and it looks as though pastels love you!

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  8. Thanks Linny. Your style would look really good done in pastels too.

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