This particular piece stood out from the other charcoal/pastel studies because it featured the color blue. Once again, living in the desert has had a profound influence on the artist. The sky changes colors throughout the day—in the morning, the sky is bright and crisp. During the day, at the sun’s peak, the sky looks washed out, leaving a very hazy, light blue. In the evening, right before dusk, the sky turns a deep blue with streaks of yellow, orange, pink, purple, and red.
Pastel: Blue and Yellow is also our first successful attempt at digitizing analog art. This was made/drawn/created last summer with pastels on non-archival paper (on newsprint, actually). So by digitizing the art and reproducing it on acid-free paper with archival inks, it will last much, much, much longer!
And, for good measure the older picture.
