Red Pals, geraniums, soft pastel

[Jo Castillo]

I sketched for the Scavenger Hunts in the Art From Life forum . It is my same old geranium that is not doing too well. I'm definitely not a gardener. As usual I used a Pastelbord that had an unsatisfactory landscape on it. the board was dark green to start so gives a nice background for this. I plan on framing this one.

Red Pals
Pastelbord, 5 x 7 inches
Assorted Pastels.

It is fun to paint "red" and I like geraniums. Not sure why. Maybe they are durable and my mom always had them as house plants. My bedraggled one is outside.

 

[Enyaw]

Lovely reds Jo.

 

[Donna T]

You really made them so beautiful, Jo, but then I always admire your geraniums! The sense of depth and space between the blooms is so well done and this one definitely deserves a nice frame!

 

[Queen Bee]

Beautiful. I can understand why you would frame it.

 

[snoball]

These are beautiful! That red just pops!

 

[Jo Castillo]

Wayne, thanks. You know how I feel about red!

Donna T, thank you. Your comments mean the world to me.

Queen Bee, many thanks. I will put it against the glass and frame it up. Try to post it again then.

snoball, thank you so much. Maybe Poppin' Red is a good name for the next one!

 

[Hermes2020]

I love the broken green edges of the leaves against the dark blue background.

 

[Marksmomagain]

A beauty!

 

[Jo Castillo]

Hermes2020, thanks, pastels make broken edges easy. I tend to make too many hard edges so happy you noticed.
Marksmomagain, thank you. Paint what you love, right?

 

[Joy]

Boy, this is frame worthy! The red and green just jump off the page, with well placed darks. Entire painting is well composed.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Thanks, Joy, you make me smile.

 

[Sanlynn]

Gorgeous, Jo!!! You certainly do some spectacular work with those pastels. Lovely contrasts on the petals and leaves.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Hi Sanlynn! Thank you so much. Love playing in the dust as you know.

 

[Artyczar]

WOW! Such a beauty!

 

[Jo Castillo]

Artyczar, thanks so much.

 

[moscatel]

Jo, very well done! I like a lot the colors. Beautiful flowers

 

[KreativeK]

Beautiful red geraniums, Jo! Probably the heat has gotten to them.

 

[Jo Castillo]

moscatel, thank you. I love red flowers, especially geraniums. Too bad they don't have a nice aroma like roses.

Kay, thank you. Yes the heat and neglect ... I'm a lazy person.