Lindy C Severns Demonstrates Pastel Painting

    Thought.   Movement . Pigment.

PAINTING

If you somehow found this page without browsing the rest of the website, I'm Lindy Severns, and painting western landscapes is what I do.

In this section, I share painting tips. I illustrate some of the steps that go into my own pastel paintings. I discuss preparing the surface, drawing, composition, color, value... all of the elements that ultimately produce a finished pastel (or oil) painting. Images of raw work in progress show how a pastel goes through the stages of creation. (New lessons appear as I have time to post them. I even take requests-- email me with your specific questions or painting problems.)

If you're a beginner in pastels, I strongly recommend you tackle these elements one at a time...play with each at your own easel, cull what doesn't work for you, change what I do to suit yourself and in doing this, develop your own style. You don't need a studio full of supplies, and you certainly don't need a tray arranged with thousands of colored sticks.
I truly believe art's all about the process of creation.
And there are as many ways to create as there are artists.

I encourage you to read my blog. While not exactly painting lessons, my biweekly essays might make you, the artist feel less out of step with the rest of humanity. Honestly. I march to fiddle music myself.

                                                                              ALPINE BURROS
                                                                           thoughts on drawing and composition

                                                                                ALPINE BURROS 12 x 15 pastel by Lindy C Severns $1550 collection of Louisa & Jack Mayfield Alpine TX

                                                                                      BROKEN SKY OVER BLUE MOUNTAIN
                                                                                                  Adjusting Broken Color in a Sky & Landscape

                                                                                                 BROKEN SKY OVER BLUE MtT Lindy Severns 20x 50 pastel $4400 M/M Steve Kennedy Ft Davis TX

                                                                                                  SIERRA del CARMEN LIGHT
                                                                                                   basic pastel technique in a complex subject

                                                                                                 SIERRA del CARMEN LIGHT 24 x 36 pastel by Lindy Severns $3800 private collection

Lindy does a very limited number of live demonstrations and workshops annually.
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