Saturday, August 1, 2009

Morning Fog - Original Pastel




Morning Fog
12" x 9" (30.5cm x 22.9cm)
Pastels on Velour
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I've had the reference picture for this painting forever. I think it might have been taken in Colorado but it's been so long ago I can't remember. It was a very peaceful scene with the morning fog dissipating and the horses grazing.

I went to scan this and it looked horrible so I took it outside and set it on a bench and took a picture of it - scanning is so much easier and I get the high resolution I need for making prints but there are times the scanner and pastels just don't get along and the color isn't anywhere near the original - so that is when I use my camera. I used my little camera for this photo of the piece but I will need to get my big camera out and take a proper picture of it so I'll have the high resolution needed for prints - for now this works though.
Genesis 1:5
God called the light day, and the darkness He called night And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

15 comments:

Carolina said...

Nice peacefull scene...

Karen Hargett said...

Thanks Carolina - I love watching horses graze.

Gary Keimig said...

very nice, Karen. Very serene scene.
God bless,

Karen Hargett said...

Thanks Gary - I'm sure where you live you see lots of peaceful scenes like this ;-) God Bless you too.

Marsha Robinett said...

YOU HAVE AN AWARD

You've been awarded the Kreativ Blogger Award. You can visit my blog to accept and pass it on to other deserving artists and bloggers.

Congratulations!

CandynRA said...

Very nice, Karen. I love scenes with fog. Just beautiful!

Karen Hargett said...

OK - I thought I had responded to you Marsha and CandyRA the other day - now I don't see it!
Anyway what I said was:
Marsha - thanks - it's a real honor. It may take me a few days to get to linking to your blog and all but I will ;-) Thanks so much!

CandynRA - thank you. I think fog is fun to paint and draw.

Dean H. said...

Wonderful work, Karen. Love the fog and the feelings it evokes!

Karen Hargett said...

Thanks Dean - always nice to have you visit and comment. I'm glad you like it.

Jo Castillo said...

This is just great and I like the color in the limestone previous post. Wonderful.....

Karen Hargett said...

Thanks Jo - always good to see you.

FitFoodieMegha said...

Very well use of pastels. I love the small animals there having their breakfast in such a wonderful morning..Woowww! :) Foggy effect is wonderful!

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Karen Hargett said...

Thanks Megha and thanks for visiting.

Saundra Lane Galloway said...

Karen, I popped over to say welcome to my blog and saw this gorgeous piece! You do wonderful work! I am excited to become of follower to be inspired further! Love your use of scripture! An added inspiration!

Karen Hargett said...

Hi Saundra - thank you. I'm glad you came to visit. We can inspire each other ;-) On the scriptures -Dean at Deano's Den uses scripture in his blogs and I loved that so decided to add it to mine too.