Strawberries and Cream/Still life In Pastels

I finished my latest, a still life.  I haven’t done a still life in a very long time, so this was interesting.  I did this one from one of my photographs.  The paper was dark and so it gave a darker tone to the picture.  When I put it in iPhoto to crop it and edit it, I decided I would see what it would look like saturated  and brightened a bit, and this is the result.  Here is the original, the darker one, and the brightened version, which I like also.  Which do you like???

Strawberries and Cream Still Life
The Original Darker Version

Strawberries and Cream Still Life
Brightened Version

Berry Days

This is a print I did because of my love  for the Springtime,  and also, for  berry picking. 

I love going to the local farm stand and going on the tractor ride early in the morning.  Just hearing the sounds of the large field sprinklers and the families with their children, and all the excitement in the air.  Everyone gets a basket and gets dropped off in the field.  You can pick as many berries you’d like, and then when you take them home (if you don’t eat them all in the car), you get to decide what you can make with all those juicy berries!  And there’s plenty of options!

Just thinking of all this makes me want Spring even more!  I can’t wait!

Enjoy!

Berry Days

 

Ahhhh, Strawberries and Cream! Delightful!