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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Listen to the Angels Sing

In today's post, I'm including a video of Libera's "Deep Peace"

Merry Christmas and a "Deep Peace" to all of you.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=k5HOBFpZRUE


Lyrics:

"Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you

Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you

Deep peace of Christ
Of Christ
The light of the world to you

Deep peace of Christ to you

Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you

Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you

Deep peace of Christ
Of Christ
The light of the world to you

Deep peace of Christ to you"


Kim Werfel

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

I Double-Dog Dare Ya!

Anyone who has seen "The Christmas Story" knows about the Double-Dog Dare!  Well, being asked to do a double-dog portrait two weeks before Christmas felt like that.


Gremlin & Violet, pastel, 18x24"©Kim Werfel


This portrait really was delightful....these two border collie/Australian Shepherd mixes were adopted from an animal shelter...at different times, but look like they could have been from the same litter.  Their happy expressions tell us how loved and well-cared for they are.

I'll walk you through some of the steps I took creating them....first was the selection of a grey Wallis paper, 18x24".   Then I sketched in the large shapes and values with black pastel and an alcohol wash.






I started to experiment with color to liven up the black dogs....


 
 

 
 
Used a variety of warm colors that were in the leaves of the photograph for the background....
 
 



Finished with more attention to the back-lighting and details in the eyes, nose and expression.



They plan to frame them and have them on the wall Christmas morning!  So exciting to be part of a family's Christmas surprise present!

Hoping you all have a lovely, happy and memorable Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year!

Kim

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Great, unique gifts for Christmas....and "Queen" wins Second Place!

The Chatham Arts Studio Tour is celebrating it's 20th year of providing fabulous, unique gifts for the holidays!   My "Keeping Warm" and "Squirrel" sold last weekend, but I still have some more smaller affordable original art pastels available for your art connoisseur!

"Egret", pastel, 5x7", museum glass, white wood frame, $95
 
 
"Ferdinand", pastel, 6x6", wide plein-aire Gold, Black or distressed wood frame, museum glass, $95
 
 
"Curious Kid", 6x6", pastel, warm wood frame, museum glass, $95
 
Giclee prints of my award-winning deer pastels as well as a large assortment of note cards can make one-of-a-kind gifts not found anywhere else.
 
Oh....almost forgot to share that my "Queen of Swords" came in 2nd Place at the Central Carolina Community College Show!!!  Very excited and happy about that!
 
So come visit me....#31, on the Chatham Artists Studio Tour this final weekend and make some fabulous purchase for someone special on your list.
 
Hope to see you this weekend....find me at #31...see the map here .
 
Happy Holiday Shopping!
 
Kim