8 X 10 Pastel on Pastelboard
Cloudscape #19
Author Archives: Chris Johnston
Blue Heaven
8 X 10 Pastel on Pastelboard
Napali Coast – Kauai, Hawaii
Spectacular place to paint. Looking south from Kee Beach.
Service Road #2
Service Road #2 – 8 X 10 pastel on sanded paper.
This is a pastel painting of a small dirt road next to highway 360 near Bull Creek. 8 X 10 inch pastel on Sanded Paper.
Cactus Sketch
Lunchtime sketch of prickly pear cactus. Pastel on reclaimed Wallis paper
Looking Up
A plein air pastel painting of a branch.
A quick little pastel sketch of a branch. Completed in about 30 minuts on a 4 X 6 reclaimed piece of Wallis Paper.
Waterfall Sketch
A plein air pastel painting of a waterfall in the Bull Creek park system.
Floor & Decor
A plein air pastel painting of a young live oak trees in front of the Floor & Decor building in north Austin Texas.
A quick 45 minute sketch of young live oak trees in the floor & decor parking lot. I really like how this one came out. It just seems to work for me. It was created using a wet pastel process on Wallis sanded paper.
Fall Grasses
A plein air pastel painting of the colors of fall.
Today I planned on painting a water scene but the winds where just too strong to make good reflections, I then noticed the beautiful grasses blowing in the wind and could not resist. The colors of the grasses here in central Texas during this time of year are just amazing and very inspiring. This painting took about an hour to complete and the winds where so strong I broke my tripod head and almost lost the painting, but luck prevailed and I was able to finish the piece.