Colored Pencil Paintings by Rita Paradis
That's colored pencil??? ......this is one of my favorite questions........
I love it when a viewer has to ask what is the medium and when told, has to step in close to examine the artwork, still a little disbelieving - that a thin drawing tool can achieve such smooth, saturated color. In many of my colored pencil paintings, by using heavily applied, multi-layers of pigment, I am able to achieve effects that imitate the look of photo-realism. At other times I prefer the softer look of less densely applied pigment.
I love it when a viewer has to ask what is the medium and when told, has to step in close to examine the artwork, still a little disbelieving - that a thin drawing tool can achieve such smooth, saturated color. In many of my colored pencil paintings, by using heavily applied, multi-layers of pigment, I am able to achieve effects that imitate the look of photo-realism. At other times I prefer the softer look of less densely applied pigment.
Portrait of My Parents
This is my most recent colored pencil painting. Completed in March of 2016. |
Dreaming in Four Quarter Time
Image 16"x23" White Mat & Narrow Gold Frame 25"x32" $3,500 |
The Morning Kitchen
Image 12"x12" Wide Gold Frame 17"x17" Sold |
The Collective Consciousness
Image 17"x22" White Mat & Narrow Gold Frame 26"x31" Sold |
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Receding Pear Line
Image 16"x17"
White Mat & Narrow Brown Wood
Frame 24"x25"
Sold
Image 16"x17"
White Mat & Narrow Brown Wood
Frame 24"x25"
Sold
Sold Colored Pencil Paintings
Interplay
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The Willing Suspension
of Disbelief |
The Golden Boat
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Desire
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The Need to Know
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The Flower Bed
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Anthology
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Call Her Green
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Pears on a Stone Wall
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Christmas Afternoon
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Really Big Pears
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Variation on a Theme
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