Calla Lily in Color

pastel on rives BFK

Most of the work I've been posted recently has happened to be black & white/monochromatic, so I wanted to bring a little color back on this overcast Saturday.  The Calla lily above was completed in 2010 at the Sharon Art Studio.

The giant white arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is common in the Bay Area, albeit an invasive species.  The photo below is of a group of the giant lilies growing in a garbage can in my yard, one of which may soon become a subject of mine!

Sharon Art Studio

Before I began the MFA program and the Academy of Art, I took a 'Drawing and Painting with Pastels' class at the Sharon Art Studio in Golden Gate Park.  The following two pieces were completed for the class and are done with a combination of hard and soft pastels on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper.

The reference photos for these pieces were shot in Sedona, Arizona and Crater Lake, Oregon respectively.