Vineyards and Monte Crammont Soft Pastels Painting

Vineyards and Monte Crammont Soft Pastels PaintingI revisited the same painting I did en plein air with oils, but from my home and using soft pastels. I love experimenting doing the same image over and over again, with different mediums, to see how I adapt to it. Here I've used an underpainting of complementary colours with a wash of apple vodka (the painting smelled very nice!) and then used my pastels to finish the painting. This is the view from the vineyards of the highest wines of the Alps (the

6"8" photo

A soft pastels painting of a cabin with magnificent views of Gothic Mountain in the town of Crested Butte

such a pointy and interesting mountain

originally made on soft pastels

Heavyweight textile

Tete des Vieux and Tete du Grand Mont and the Mont Berio Blanc

The artwork was made by me with soft pastels

You can choose amongst three materials

this would do a perfect Mother's or Father's Day gift

Note that because the border has a tiny stain

A lovely present for anyone that loves the mountains and snow in winter

This cushion of a stambecco or ibex (mountain goat) walking with his skis in the small hamlet of La Saxe