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Marie Marfia, Walking with a Friend, 10x8in., soft pastel on Lux Archival paper.

Walking with a Friend

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From a visit with friends up in Lake Leelanau. This is my husband Steve and our friend, Lenny.

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Marie Marfia, Sledding, 8x10in., soft pastel on Lux Archival paper.

Sledding

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From a visit with my grandkids last week. Such fun! And do you know, she carried her own sled up the hill, too!

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Marie Marfia, On the Ridge, 10x8in., soft pastel on Lux Archival paper

On the Ridge

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Went visiting friends up in Lake Leelanau and this painting is from a walk along the ridge.

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Marie Marfia, Walking Behind the Dunes, 10x8in., soft pastel on textured gator board.

Walking Behind the Dunes

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From a walk in the Ludington State Park with my husband. A little snow on the ground, sun going down, long blue and purple shadows everywhere. It was just glorious.

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Marie Marfia, Walking to the Beach, 8x10in., soft pastel on sanded paper.

Walking to the Beach

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From a visit with my daughter and granddaughter. We went to the beach to watch the waves.


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Marie Marfia, Joe with a Baby, 8x10in., soft pastel on textured gator board

Joe with a Baby

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We had company over Thanksgiving, hurray!


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Sure is Pretty Out, 8x10 in., soft pastel on textured gator board

Sure is Pretty Out

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Out walking in Victory Park last Friday. Nobody there but us. So beautiful!


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Marie Marfia, Serenity, soft pastel on textured gator board, 6x9in.

Serenity

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Went kayaking with Sam and Nick the other day and had a great time floating in the Ludington State Park on the Lost Lake canoe trail. Peaceful and quiet out there!


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Marie Marfia, Maeve on the Beach, study, soft pastel on sanded paper, 5 in x 7 in.

Maeve on the Beach, study

I was looking at a cheat sheet that I got a number of years ago when I attended a Margaret Dyer workshop and I thought, I would like to do a pastel with a person in it, so I searched my photos for people and this picture of my granddaughter showed up.

The reference photo I used.

I wondered about the cropping on the photo, whether it would work as a painting or not and then I thought, who cares? and just dived in.

Here’s the time lapse video:

Maeve on the Beach, study.

I’ve been using an underpainting method that Lana Ballot teaches that’s mostly purples and I adapted it to the method that Margaret Dyer taught in her figure study class. I like the richness of color that the purple gives to the successive layers of pastel. I have another picture that shows more of the hat Maeve was wearing and I may combine the two in another, larger, version of this piece.

For now, it’s just fun to walk into the studio in the morning and paint whatever I want without thinking too hard about my choices.

Here’s the result of about a half hour session:

Maeve on the Beach, study, soft pastel on sanded paper, 5 in x 7 in.

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Marie Marfia, Steve by the Pool, watercolor and sharpie on watercolor paper.

Travel diary

While I was out in Tucson last week with Steve, visiting his brother, Will, and our friend, Pam, I made a point of doing a small sketch every day. I brought a watercolor sketchbook to make a visual record of the trip because I think using different mediums is fun and it gives you a chance to stretch your brain a bit. I’ve noticed that as I’ve gotten older I am reluctant to take chances, and while it’s understandable, it doesn’t mean I have to go along with it all the time.

The portable watercolor kit I have is very small, pocket-sized, and I use a small brush with a water reservoir in the handle. Once I exhausted the water in the brush I was done for the day. Each piece took no longer than a half hour to do, so it was easy to fit into my schedule, especially since I was the only early riser in our group! I would wander out with my kit and paint the first thing that caught my eye.

Pam’s place, where we stayed, buts up against natural desert habitat and she also has horses, so there was plenty of subject matter to play with.

Horses, sharpie on watercolor paper.
Easy, watercolor on watercolor paper.
Hungry Horse, watercolor on watercolor paper.
Cast shadow, watercolor on watercolor paper.
Cast shadow, watercolor on watercolor paper.
Pam’s Cacti, watercolor on watercolor paper.
Steve by the Pool, sharpie and watercolor on watercolor paper.
Carolyn’s Tree, watercolor on watercolor paper.
Skeleton Face with Flowers, watercolor and sharpie on watercolor paper.

Hope you enjoy these postcards of my trip out to the warm southwest!


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