Road To Clear Lake

[Tom C]

hello I painted this one last night--pastel on Wallis paper 24 x36 inches-comments very welcome-- thank you Tom

[Denise]

Beautiful, Tom! How long does it take you to do something like this?

[Tom C]

Beautiful, Tom! How long does it take you to do something like this?


Hi Denise.. this one took a little over three hours.. Tom

[Brenda]

I always enjoy looking at your work, Tom. It's so rich and draws my eye in. I wonder what's it like around the bend. Once again, it's beautiful.

[Valda]

This is beautiful. I can't believe it took you only three hours. WOW!

I took a look at your website - your paintings are awesome!

[Meisie]

Very nice Tom!

What I like most is the exciting composition....the hill leads my eye from right to left, till it bumps into the trees...and stops....but then the road leads my eye through past the trees into the bg, while the grasses tie the foreground together.....I LIKE it :D

Meisie

[alison2]

Hi Tom,

This is just lovely! Amazing! :droppedja

I looked at your website too and spent ages there - I love the snow scenes in particular, you are very talented. :D :D :clap:

I'm only a beginner so forgive me if my questions are daft, but could you tell us a bit about how you work, ie, sketch first, or jump straght in? And do you use soft/hard pastels/pastel pencils.

Fantastic work, it's lovely to see - thank you. :clap: :clap:

Alison :bye1:

[Tom C]

Hi Tom,

This is just lovely! Amazing! :droppedja

I looked at your website too and spent ages there - I love the snow scenes in particular, you are very talented. :D :D :clap:

I'm only a beginner so forgive me if my questions are daft, but could you tell us a bit about how you work, ie, sketch first, or jump straght in? And do you use soft/hard pastels/pastel pencils.

Fantastic work, it's lovely to see - thank you. :clap: :clap:

Alison :bye1:

Thank you For commeting Alison
For most o my work I sketch the design out with a charcoal stick . I always indentify the dark areas early and gradually add lighter values. This painting has several layers of pastel. I have found Wallis paper allows me to work in this fashion. I use primarily unison and nu-pastel sticks.

[gnu]

Gorgeous Tom, I may switch to tryin a pthalo blue type hue for my far hills, it works so well. I love how this is so beautifully toned for perspective, yet more intense/exciting than in RL..beautiful! :clap:

[Mair]

This is so beautiful...and you did a 24" x 36" pastel in 3 hours? I love the colours..vibrant yet believable. This is fantastic.

[nina]

It's a beautiful landscape, Tom and a pleasure to view!
:D

[lucky]

Hi Tom,

I really love seeing your work. I lurk a bit a WC and am always happy to see your posts.

When you do these plein air pieces, how do you transport your pastels with out breaking them, and what do you sketch on? Do you use an easle? Any advice you can give on doing plein air pastels would be great! :) Thank you!!!

[Tom C]

Hi Tom,

I really love seeing your work. I lurk a bit a WC and am always happy to see your posts.

When you do these plein air pieces, how do you transport your pastels with out breaking them, and what do you sketch on? Do you use an easle? Any advice you can give on doing plein air pastels would be great! :) Thank you!!!


Thank you for your comment--I have been carrying the pastels in a plastic box I found at a local hardware store made for keeping nuts and boolts in. I usually break all my pastels in half before I use them anyway. I bought a French easle and I have been using Wallis paper when I can afford it. For the support, I glue the wallis paper to foam boards with a strong adhesive. These supports are light and easy to carry. Just about all this stuff except the easle fit easily into a back pack.. Tom

[Denise]

with foam board being so light, how do you keep a wind gust from carrying it off? do you have a clamp on your easel?

[Gemma]

I just love the colors in this, it just jumps out and grabs ya! Awesome!
Gemma

[oozoo]

Wow!! That is so vibrant, and loose, yet detailed!! Very expressive!! I just pulled out my pastels again, and am trying suede paper for the first time. You guys are so inspiring!!

[lucky]

I have been carrying the pastels in a plastic box I found at a local hardware store made for keeping nuts and boolts in. I usually break all my pastels in half before I use them anyway. I bought a French easle and I have been using Wallis paper when I can afford it. For the support, I glue the wallis paper to foam boards with a strong adhesive. These supports are light and easy to carry. Just about all this stuff except the easle fit easily into a back pack.. Tom

Thank you so much for all the info. Tom! Think I'll get to the store today and try to find a little case for the pastels. Hope you stick around here. I'd really like to see more of your work!

~Lucky