Finished this 12x16 pastel today. My own work, not a paint along.

[LiberalLoner]

On gray pastelmat with various soft pastels. Thank you for anyone who looks at this!

https://pin.it/3KHillo

[soothsayer]

1. That is quality

Well done!

Those mountains. That sky!

[LiberalLoner]

8. Thank you!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Everything you do is so gorgeous!

[LiberalLoner]

9. Thank you!!!

[procon]

3. Lovely color palettes on your paintings.

Very serene and tranquil paintings that you could lose yourself for a few minutes, wondering what might be seen beyond that tree or over the next hill.

[LiberalLoner]

10. Thank you!!!

[Shanti Mama]

4. Fabulous!

I've been working in oil pastels, as an alternative to oil paints. Am often drawn to soft pastels.

[LiberalLoner]

11. Thank you! You should give them a try, they are fun!

[livetohike]

5. Beautiful work! So peaceful. Love the colors and I want

to be there right now.

[LiberalLoner]

12. Thank you!!!

[Grey]

6. Just excellent.

I love the colours and mood.

[LiberalLoner]

13. Thank you!!!

[DarthDem]

7. Beautiful!

I think it has a very impressionist quality to it. Great job!

[LiberalLoner]

14. Thank you!!!

[lunatica]

15. You did a terrific job!

I love the boldness of colors and defined shapes and the the use of dark rich colors and shapes in the foreground which are offset by the soft blended pastels of the background and the sky. You’ve captured the colors of the desert beautifully, showing depth and richness. The overall first impression is that it looks like an early morning or late evening scene of light coming from the left, close to or just rising or setting. The saguaro and the immediate foreground are quite intense with the sharp outline of the tree and the dark colors, including the use of solid black at the base of the tree blending into the blues of its shadow side and its cast shadow along the ground. What a nice touch!

The texture and strokes you use for the desert floor are bold and defined and visually intense with the darkest colors in the closer area blending into the lighter bright yellow ones of the grassy scrub. Then the mountains and sky are hazier, applied and blended with softer and lighter colors and the scene recedes in the distance.

Your application of colors and shapes go from the hard strokes of pastels of the elements that are visually closer to the softer blending and application of the colors and shapes of the mountains and the sky. What I’m trying to say is that your painting is not just visually stunning as a desert landscape but that the strokes of color and the way you laid them down is a strong element in the viewing of the picture. Your use of the broadside of the light blue pastel In your mountains soften the shape and give the perception of atmospheric haze creating the softness.

You don’t need to do paint alongs, though you might like it, because you know what you’re doing. I think you did a great job!

[LiberalLoner]

17. Wow thank you so much!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Very nice, love the colors!

[LiberalLoner]

18. Thank you!

[SpankMe]

19. Your style is like Edvard Munch. Very cool! n/t

[LiberalLoner]

23. Thank you!

[denbot]

20. Nice

Kick & Rec

[LiberalLoner]

24. Thank you!

[Hamlette]

21. impressive

[LiberalLoner]

25. Thank you!

[sarge43]

22. Lovely.

Thank you for posting.

[LiberalLoner]

26. Thank you!

[BadgerMom]

27. Lovely!

[LiberalLoner]

37. Thank you!

[NNadir]

28. I looked. My unscheduled opinion is that it's somewhere...

...between Marsden Hartley and Cezanne, very accomplished.

My son is a far more accomplished art critic than I could ever be, given his formal training so I may work up the courage to ask if he agrees.

Thanks for sharing.

[LiberalLoner]

36. Wow thank you!!!!

[NNadir]

45. I meant to say, "unschooled" but my spell checker overruled me.

[LiberalLoner]

46. I understood what you meant! ❤️

[DENVERPOPS]

29. Really nice work LL

I love people who are artistically gifted.....

Keep up the good work and show us more!

[LiberalLoner]

38. Thank you! But I don't want to wear out my welcome!

[lame54]

30. Very cool - keep it up

[LiberalLoner]

39. Thank you!

[Native]

31. Love it!

[MLAA]

32. Beautiful. Love the lavenders. Looks like Tucson.

[LiberalLoner]

40. Thank you! It is near Tucson, I used to live in Sierra Vista and loved the desert there!

[bronxiteforever]

33. Kick and recommend. Beautiful

[LiberalLoner]

41. Thank you!

[keopeli]

34. A really wonderful piece of art! Thank you for sharing!

[LiberalLoner]

42. Thank you!

[trueblue2007]

35. very nice

[LiberalLoner]

43. Thank you!

[bif]

44. Beautifu! Make me want to take up pastels.

[LiberalLoner]

47. Thanks! You should, it's so much fun! The colors are so bright with soft pastel!

[MarianJack]

48. Beautiful

RESIST!

[LiberalLoner]

50. Thank you!

[vercetti2021]

49. Love it!

Feels very Van Gogh!

[LiberalLoner]

51. Thank you!

[Dem_in_Nebr.]

52. REALLY REALLY NICE!!

I'm proud to be on DU with such creative people!!!

[LiberalLoner]

57. Oh gosh thank you!!!

[riverbendviewgal]

53. I love it

great art work. Thank you for sharing.

[LiberalLoner]

58. Thank you!

[drray23]

54. Very good. Is that a plein air or studio work?

[LiberalLoner]

59. Thank you! Studio.

[pansypoo53219]

55. i never liked soft pastels. loved nu pastels.

i only did figure drawings on spray painted paper. never tried more....hmmm.

[LiberalLoner]

60. Nu pastels are a type of soft pastel, even though they seem harder. They are still

Part of the soft pastel category. Why didn’t you like working with soft pastels?

[pansypoo53219]

68. i guess i just liked cheap ones. i could make crisp lines. except red i think.

i have yet to figure out posting pics, but i slap my stuff up on pansypoos-rant-page.

one of my bigger series for art fairs. i smear midnight blue on paper & draw primitive animals over the blue.

[Ellipsis]

56. Good work.

Love the pallette.

[LiberalLoner]

61. Thank you!

[lark]

62. Beautiful!

Love the shadows on the cacti, makes it look like a cloud shadow to me, and adds so much visual interest. It's the kind of painting I'd love to hang in my house or if it was in a museum or show, I'd definitely stop and look at it for a while & absorb the peacefulness.

[LiberalLoner]

64. Thank you!!!

[lillypaddle]

63. Nice!

Beautiful work.

[LiberalLoner]

65. Thank you!

[femmedem]

66. Just beautiful.

The atmospheric perspective is perfect. And those colors are singing!

[LiberalLoner]

67. Thank you!!!