Scrubby Pine California Coast KALLENA-Karen Chutsky-Naud Chalk Pastel 13.5" x 19" $600
Throughout my commercial career I’ve worked in watercolor, pastel, gouache, computer graphics, and cut-paper collage. Now chalk pastel is my favorite medium because it is quick and energetic, shows off an artist’s strong drawing hand, and gives you a ready-made wonderful palette of colors laid out before you to pick spontaneously, draw, sketch, and smear with your fingers, rather than a brush, in an almost sculptural way. I’m always amazed at how just a few strokes can create so much life on a piece of paper. The pine trees along the California coast have a kind of Bonsai-like styling that offers up a dramatic composition bowing out over the shore Contact information for this artist can be found on page 86.
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