February's Pastel Demos At Art On Broadway Gallery

Demonstrating pastels at Art On Broadway Gallery for the month of February. 

So happy to still have some of my favorite Wallis pastel paper on which to work.

"Sunset Reflections" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 9"x9"

"Afternoon Light" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 6"x18"

"Blue Seduction" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 9"x9"

"Sunset Over The Marsh" by Gretha Lindwood, 9"x18"

"100316" Painting Challenge #paintoctober

My third painting in the October painting challenge is "100316" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 6"x6"…painting at top, source material at bottom…in case you couldn't tell ;)

"100116" and "100216" Painting Challenge #paintoctober

Oil painter Celeste Bergin has challenged us to do a painting a day for the month of October, 2016. Here are my two from yesterday and today. I am temporarily titling them with the date that they were painted.

"100116" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 5"x10". The painting is at the top and is loosely based on source material below.

"100216" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 5"x10". The painting is on the left and is loosely based on source material to the right.

Highlights From The 4th Annual Paint The Peninsula Plein Air Competition

Just returned from the 4th Annual Paint the Peninsula Plein Air Competition in Port Angeles, Washington. I had a great time painting with new and old friends and seeing the lovely landscape.
Here are four of my paintings that sold at the event.

 Gotta start with my pastel painting that won the "Best Waterscape" Award! Such an honor!!

 "Late At The Creek" - pastel, painted en plein air, 9"x18" - SOLD

 "Elwah Unbound" - pastel, painted en plein air, 9"x18" - SOLD

 "Low Tide At Salt Creek" - pastel, painted en plein air, 12"x12" - SOLD

 "Bit Of Salt Creek" - pastel, painted in the studio, 9"x12" - SOLD

 I was asked to do a demo painting at Hurricane Ridge Lodge. Instead of concentrating on the beautiful mountains in the Olympic National Park, I painted the smoke of the Hayes Fire which was a prominent feature of the landscape these days. "Where There's Smoke…" pastel, painted en plein air, 9"x12".

  "Bachelor Rock" - pastel, painted en plein air, 12"x12"

   "From Tongu Point" - pastel, painted en plein air, 12"x12"

   "Waves At Rialto Beach" - pastel, painted en plein air, 6"x12"

  "Weathered Sitkas At Rialto" - pastel, painted en plein air, 12"x6"

2016 West Wind Lavender Festival, July 9 & 10

It was windy the first day of the Lavender Festival and I had to hang on to things to keep them from blowing away! Hillsboro Airport clocked one gust at 26 MPH and that one caught us off guard. All-in-all it was a fun weekend. I spent two days in a beautiful location and had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with many nice people. Below is a pastel painting I did on site.

"Waves Of Lavender" by Gretha Lindwood, plein air pastel, 9"x18". A gorgeous setting, lovely fragrance and the gentle buzzing of bees.

8th Annual Cannon Beach Plein Air & More 2016

It was a pleasure to once again participate for White Bird Gallery in the outdoor art event at Cannon Beach, Oregon, Plein Air & More. Here are a few of the pastels I painted during the 3-day weekend.

"Path Through Lavender" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 12"x12"; because of rain I painted this one from one of my photos while inside White Bird Gallery.

"Statice Quo" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel, 12"x9" painted at the Artist Swarm during Plein Air & More; again, this was painted from my photo while crowded together under a tent with other artists. It was fun meeting all of the visitors who came by to watch us work.

"Washington and Ocean" by Gretha Lindwood, plein air pastel, 9"x12"; at last I was able to paint en plein air (in the open air) as I prefer. It was windy the day I started this one but finished it the following day during beautiful weather. Painted at the intersection of Washington and Ocean Streets.

Los Gatos Plein Air 2016

It was my pleasure to present my following pastel paintings from the fun and fabulous Los Gatos Plein Air 2016

"Statice Status Quo" by Gretha Lindwood, plein air pastel, 9"x18", sold; recent rains caused the brilliant colors of wildflowers at the Campbell perc. ponds. The lovely lavender, violet and white of wild statice and yellow of other flowering plants caught my eye.

"Reeds And Weeds" by Gretha Lindwood, plein air pastel, 9"x12", sold; another beautiful perc. pond near LG Creek, Campbell, CA. It was fun to see a turtle moseying across the grass near me to head  down to the water.

"Hanging Out" by Gretha Lindwood, plein air pastel, 18"x9"; a view of LG Creek from the middle of the footbridge, Campbell, CA

"The Creek Rocks" by Gretha Lindwood, plein air pastel, 12"x12"; I've always enjoyed painting in the cool shade of Los Gatos Creek right downtown during the heat of the day

"Night School"by Gretha Lindwood, plein air pastel, 6"x9; the Los Gatos High School has been a favorite subject of mine for the past three years and this time I painted it as the sun was going down with a beautiful sunset in the sky above

"Tippy" by Gretha Lindwood, pastel 6"x6", a gift for our wonderful hostess for the past three years at Los Gatos Plein Air 2016; this is her personable little Maltese who always seems excited to see us.

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