Dappled Glory..Watrcolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this one today, some final touches were needed.. It's been a couple of days since I began it..

See below for the steps.

From tope left which is my reference photo to bottom right..

This image is on a Crescent Watercolor Board

20" x 30" (unframed

$500 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dappled-glory-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches in all mediums.. She conducts workshops in the USA as well Europe.

For more info please contact her through this blog or via her website..

raeandrews.com

A Wandering..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I just finished this one. It's of the river area near my home. I have done several plein air paintings of it.

This one however, I painted in the studio today, from my photograph.

 Green on green is beautiful in nature, but in a painting, it tends to be a bit much of the same thing for me. 

 I usually play with complimentary colors, such as the orange/red family and even some blue/mauve colors as small accents amongst the green.

I hope you like this one. For me, it was very meditative to paint.

This image measures 16" x 20" unframed 
$550 plus S/H


Prints of this image available through Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-wandering-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae paints and teaches in all media. 
For more info on her workshops please contact her through this blog or her website
raeandrews.com

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Journal Entry, Texas 2..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this journal entry.. a few years ago I was at the banks of the Pedernales River not far from where I live here in Texas. It’s a great spot to paint.

Lately we have had an enormous amount of rain and flooding, so this area is a good place to stay away from till the water subsides. 

I used an old photo for this journal entry.

 It’s in my Stillman and birn 8” x 10” Beta series journal.

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches workshops in both the USA and Europe. 

For more info please contact her through this blog or via her website..

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Journal Entry..Pedernales River, Texas..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this journal entry.. a few years ago I was at the banks of the Pedernales River not far from where I live here in Texas. It’s a great spot to paint.

Lately we have had an enormous amount of rain and flooding, so this area is a good place to stay away from till the water subsides. 

I used an old photo for this journal entry.

 It’s in my Stillman and birn 8” x 10” Beta series journal.

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches workshops in both the USA and Europe. 

For more info please contact her through this blog or via her website..

raeandrews.com

Watering Hole..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this small watercolor. The scene is close to where I live here in Texas.. Scraggly old trees and grasses nestle beside the water, fun to paint.

I hope you like this one..

This image is 9" x 12" unframed

$200 plus S/H


Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/watering-hole-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                                                Rae works and teaches in all mediums.                           
                           Please contact her through this blog for more information.

                                                           Thanks for visiting..

Tidepool Interrupted..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I love to watch water move, whether it's a waterfall,  a pond or pool with a slight rippling effect. It's all mesmerizing to me and very peaceful.

I tried to capture that feeling with this one. That action of looking down into a rock pool when a ripple breaks the surface with such wonderful patterns. 

I hope you like this one, it was a fun one to paint.

This image is a pastel (unframed ) on Sennelier sanded paper.

18" x 24" 

$500 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/tidepool-interruped-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                  Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Like Music Adrift..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Hi again, I am finally able to get back to a post on this blog. My hubby has been in hospital yet again, and my life is just very scattered right now, so no time for painting. Grrr!

I started this one about three days ago. It is a 19.5" x 25.5" pastel on red Sennelier sanded paper (unframed). This one was cathartic for me, with all the stress over the last few months. Just to paint again has been a real treat!

I love to paint water in any form as you may realize, and this rock pool (without the shells) was on Maui . I again 'sparked up my colors using Photoshop on my photo. 
I used my own shell collection to pop in a little more interest. 

I hope you like it. It was a fun image to paint.

$450 plus S/H

Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/like-music-adrift-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Majesty Sublime..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

MAJESTY SUBLIME was started yesterday as a demo for the Brenham Arts League.

What a lovely audience I had, and it was a pleasure having such an eager participation for my demonstration. Thank you all so much.

I worked more on this today just to complete the image, although I had a good start at the demo, it was just not a 'home run' quite yet.

I think it's okay now, I will live with it a day or so and see how I feel.

                  This image is on Sennelier sanded paper (a dark green I believe) 

                                   It is unframed and measures 19.5" x 25.5"

                                                                $525 plus S/H


                           Prints are also available through my Fine Art America site..




https://fineartamerica.com/featured/magesty-sublime-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                                                                    Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Chasm Interrupted..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am on a roll with these abstracts now, hope you are not sick of them.
This one was a challenge..

As you will see from the step by step page below, it began as a full sheet of Sennelier paper on which I had done a quick demo for an art group years ago. 

 I am going through all my old filed paintings and reconstructing them. I hate to waste this wonderful substrate.

So...  I first turned the old demo upside down before deciding to cut the paper in half vertically.

I find if I view an old image upside down first it changes my perspective on that piece, and I begin to see possibilities for another painting.

This one, as with my previous posts, changed a great deal throughout the process of painting it. I could easily have gone with a horizontal format, but in the end, decided on this vertical.
I am constantly rotating the work as I paint.

This image is 10" x 25.5" unframed
$350 plus S/H


Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/chasm-interrupted-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

See below for the thought process behind this pastel painting..

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Cavernos Tumble..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This painting started as a demo start, only partly done, and I did not want to toss the great paper.

It was a full sheet of reddish  Sennelier paper, which I turned upside down and cut in half so I have two pieces I can work on. (there will be another painting coming up soon from this paper)

I liked the color contrast in the demo, so just went with it.

I wanted to abstract my image (though) and after my France workshop last May and a visit to some amazing caves, I felt this image could be an 'echo' of that .

See all the steps below, to better explain.

This image is 13" x 19.5" unframed

$350 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cavernous-tumble-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                             Below is a little on the thoughts behind my process. 

As a finished painting the sheet directly below shows the image in all directions. I could still change my mind on this, it's an easy thing to erase my signature and place it elsewhere if I decided to perhaps go with a vertical format, I will have to live with my chosen top image for a few days and see how I feel.

The sheet below is my whole thought process throughout this painting. From an old demo partly done on a full sheet/cut in half/turned upside down/ and then gradually working around the shapes in a new painting.

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

On a Clear Day..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This is a small pastel piece I did yesterday. It measures 7.5" x 7.5" unframed

$125 plus S/H

                          Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/on-a-clear-day-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Trail Shadows..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am sorry I have not posted in a few days, I was attending a fun workshop with Mary Ann Beckwith.. 

I think there will be a few abstracts coming up in my future posts.. She LOVES color as do I, and I was enthralled with our daily fun!

I have a lot of unfinished pieces I need to complete, so keep an eye out..

However, this painting was one I had almost finished prior to that workshop, and I just made a few changes on it today ready to post.

It's a watercolor on Arches paper unframed.

9" x 24"

$325 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/trail-shadows-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Overflow..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I did a scene similar to this in pastels on Sunday at a Paint around.. Great fun.. I did not get a photo of the finished piece and thought I would just do a watercolor of that area again today.
You know me and water!


                                                 This one is on Arches paper and is unframed

                                                                      Image size is 9" x 24"
                                                                       $325 pus S/H

              Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/overflow-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Below are some shots taken by an onlooker at the Paint Around recently, ( I am the one in all the hair) you can see some part views of my waterfall image going around. 

That image is sold.. 

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Soft Light on the Pedernales..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This one is similar to the landscapes I have posted before. Had a great time doctoring colors in Photoshop. But.. now that program seems to have died on me!! Oh woe!

I desperately need my Photoshop.

Looks like I have to call my computer guru.. Grrr!😒😒

Anyway, this image is a pastel on a bright blue Colorfix paper.

It measures 15.5" x 18.5" unframed.

$300 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/soft-light-on-the-pedernales-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Lowtide, Bayview..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 Just finished this one, quite enjoying my watercolor escape lately.

This image is really out of my head, I wanted to reflect the trees a little in the lowtide waters, and the rocks came later.

                        This image is 18" x 24" unframed and is on Arches Cold Pressed paper.

                                                                  $525 Plus S/H

                                  Prints of this image are also available at Fine Art America:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lowtide-bayview-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Just Turning..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

JUST TURNING is a scene from the area of Hamilton Pool here in Texas, the river is the Pedernales.


I love this area, so full of things to paint. I used Photoshop to embellish and vamp up my colors with this one, something I do a fair bit..


This image is done on a mauve colored Canson TOUCH paper, not one of my favorites I have to admit, just not enough 'tooth' to it for my style of painting.




Image size is 22" x 28" unframed
$525 plus S/H


Prints of this image are also available through  Fine Art America:


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/just-turning-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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Pedernales Roaming..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This pastel is unframed and is on a lovely French Ultramarine Blue sanded Colorfix paper.

The scene is of the Pedernales river area here in Texas, which I embellished a little in Photoshop to get some more vivid colors. You know me, I LOVE that color!

                                                Image size is 20" x 28" unframed

                                                                 $525 plus S/H

                      Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America.






https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pedernales-roaming-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Sunset Afterglow..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

SUNSET AFTERGOW is inspired by Maui and all the beach walks I did there at sunset. The soft and romantic colors are wonderful at this time of evening. How I miss that part of island life.


I always fine soft high key colors difficult to portray in my art, so this was a challenge.

                                  This image is unframed and measures 8" x 10".

                                                                $150 plus S/H


            Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-afterglow-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com

Headland At Lowtide..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

HEADLAND AT LOWTIDE  is an imaginary image, but one I have seen many times in my homeland of Australia. The light is so clear there, and the colors are so vibrant.

I am very inspired by color and movement as you all know, and any water scene will always captivate me.

I hope you like this one, it was fun to paint.
I have no idea of the substrate, it could be UArt paper but I truly don't know. It was one I found in my reserve drawer.

                                                This image is 8" x 10" unframed

                                                                $150 plus S/H

                      Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:

    https://fineartamerica.com/featured/headland-at-lowtide-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting..

 

Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

                                                         http://raeandrews.com