Monday, July 7, 2008

Pastel Monday

Gardens at Manteo
pastel on sanded pastel paper
4.5 x 6.5 inches
©2008 Ann Thompson Nemcosky
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This is a scene from the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, North Carolina. What a lovely place that is. Walkways that meander on forever with something new at every turn. The day we toured there started out cloudy but soon enough the sun broke through casting all sorts of wonderful light and shadow patterns. I liked this view where through the dappled sunlight a bright spot appeared just as the path made a turn toward something new.

10 comments:

Sandy said...

lovely study of greens and shadows. Your whole blog is amazingly diverse and interesting,

Margaret McCarthy Hunt said...

another beauty!

Elflling said...

I really like how you captured the effects of the dappled shadows... May I ask what type of pastel paper you are using? Thanks!

Unknown said...

Wow beautiful! You really pack the smaller boards with a lot of beauty!

Unknown said...

Lovely Ann! I like the blue hues in the trees and shrubs. I look forward to these pastels.

Anetka said...

beautiful view! and you managed to capture it!

Kasie @ ~The Art of Life~ said...

Beautiful Ann!
I love everything about this. :)

Marva Plummer-Bruno said...

This is just beautiful! Thank you for visiting my blog and your tips for colored pencils. :) Marva

Ann said...

Thanks everyone!
The paper is colourfix, elflling.

Laurel Neustadter said...

This is beautiful.

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