Hi everyone,
Nearing the end of October, so it's time to think about Hallowe'en. For four years now I have painted a little something for the season. Twice on pumpkins just for fun.
Although the autumn colours are not as brilliant as other years, it is still gorgeous out there. Because of hot summer, the leaves have been turning slowly. At this point, usually, the wind and rain has whipped most of the leaves off the trees by now. Not so this year.
2020
8 x 10 inches on Pastelmat paper
Acrylic on pumpkin.
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Wishing you all a safe and Happy Hallowe'en!
Cultivate Your Dreams
The paper above has been repurposed. I've been asked about repurposing paper, and although I have touched on it before, now's the time to elaborate.
The old pastel painting was brushed off (outside) then the paper was washed. Important to sandwich the paper between paper towels and lay it between heavy books until it dries. The washing does take some of the tooth away, and can leave a shadow of the your former work. (No problem.) If necessary, the tooth of the paper can easily be reinstated with a transparent Gesso, or Pastel ground, or you can use a fixative. I opted for workable fixative. (Important to to spray outside.) And the fixative does darken the painting somewhat.
As far as pastel ground or even transparent Gesso goes, it can be rather thick and tricky. One day I will experiment and this time add a bit more water in my search for the right consistency. If the pastel ground is too thick and textured, it will gobble up your expensive pastels.
Acrylic on pumpkin.
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Fern frond. Love the "pumpkin" colours.
Wishing you all a safe and Happy Hallowe'en!
Linking to other Link Parties via my link party page.
Thanks to all for hosting!
Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post. I left replies there.
23 comments:
Beautiful autumnal post! Loving his you decorated the pumpkin and your autumnal painting is fabulous ☺️. I loved seeing the pretty fall coloured trees and your mug and house decorations are gorgeous ❤️. Happy T Day wishes! Hugs, Jo x
I'm always impressed by unconventional pumpkin decorations like your dog and moon.
Happy Halloween... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Beautiful autumn colours!
I didn't know one could wash paper. Well done for recycling.
I love your pumpkin decoration.
Happy T-Day,
Lisca
Thanks for sharing how to wash paper. It was all new to me.
I love your autumn colors and your pumpkin with the wolf. But I really lvoe the cat, bat, and pumpkins! And your beautiful real flowers, pumpkins, and cup of tea are truly purrfect for T this Tuesday, dear Dixie.
So much lovely autumn spirit in this post. Happy T day Dixie. Or I should say I hope it was a happy day and have a great week and Halloween too.
The wolf pumpkin is very cool, but my favorite is the black cat, pumpkins, and bat. Happy T Day
Love the gorgeous autumn colors.
Your pumpkin decorations are fantastic.
Happy Wednesday!
Oh Dixie, I love all your Halloweenies! They're such fun. I feel woefully un-Halloween ready (nary a decoration and no cards were sent either.) I'd even had cards printed of my spooky owl to send but now it's the day before. Well, I'm set for next year. Love the fall colors, don't you? Happiest of Halloweens!
Hi Dixie! Your art is fab! I'm about to rush out the door, but I will come back later when I have time to read all the tips on your "watercolour 101" page. Thanks for popping by my blog today!
Love your pumpkin!
Love your art work on the pumpkins and your paintings. Beautiful.. The autumn leaves are ever so pretty.
Love it ALL so very much.
...it's easy to see that you are enjoying an awesome autumn, I love your painted pumpkin!!!
Beautiful pastel painting and love the howling wolf on the pumpkin ~ hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Gorgeous fall colors in your 1st photo!
Beautiful art. Love the ideas for reusing paper. Happy November! Hugs!
Ohhhh your art is so lovely. Wonderful photos as well. Thank you for joining FFO and have a very nice weekend.
Nice pictures. Over there you are celebrating Halloween since.Here in the middle of Europe this is now beginning to become a great party. Never has been before. I am not a fan of Halloween but as you maybe have already recognized...I like to dress too.
All the best
Violetta
I haven't yet tried to paint on pumpkins.
Your fall colors look lovely to me. Our colors have been brilliant this year ... we must live in different parts of the country. I love your pastel though, I have to admit, I don't think I would ever repurpose a piece of paper (too lazy, I guess). It sounds like a lot of work to me 😁 Your wolf(or coyote) howling at the moon on the pumpkin is very cool ... it is not easy to paint on a pumpkin, but I see you have mastered it :) It is past Halloween, so I will wish you a Happy Novemeber :)
Andrea @ from The Sol
Bravo. Great pumpkin art. Thanks for linking to Art For Fun Friday
Much♡love
You are amazing! Pumpkin art...sharing wash paper instructions and signing off with "Cultivate your dreams." Clap. Clapping. Still clapping.
Pretty autumn paintings. I really like the cat and the bat painting and mums look so pretty!
-Soma
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