http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/fiona-lau.html?tab=blog Fiona Lau - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/fiona-lau.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/fiona-lau.html?tab=blog Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:44:01 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/kruger-no-14.html Kruger No. 14 Pastel on Paper 19" x 12.5" http://fionaklau.blogspot.com I had worked on this painting for about two weeks. I had decided to take a "mixed media" approach for this painting. The first layer of paint was dissovled by brushing w... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:41:08 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-13.html Pastel No. 13, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" http://www.fionaklau.com/ http://fionaklau.blogspot.com/ This painting is also done on a piece of white Kitty Wallis paper . I have decided to change things up and do a more abstract version of the piece. ... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:13:11 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-12.html Pastel No. 12, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" www.fionaklau.com http://fionaklau.blogspot.com/2009/ Today's painting is done on a piece of white Kitty Wallis paper which has a heavily sanded texture. It is more difficult to paint on a white background... Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:09:51 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-10.html Kruger No. 10, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" This painting was done on a brilliant red-orange Sennelier LaCarte paper. I've used the cool colour scheme. I've consciously left as much of the background to show through in contrast with the colour of the ... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:27:53 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-9.html Kruger No. 9, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" www.fionaklau.com http://fionaklau.blogspot.com Finally back after a two day break. I continued on with this series of exercise. This painting was done on the same mid-value blue Canson paper as Kruger No. ... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:08:57 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-8.html Kruger No. 8, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" www.fionaklau.com http://fiona-lau.fineartamerica.com Today's painting was done on a piece of medium blue Canson paper. This is the least textured of the pastel papers and my paint doesn't respond very well... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:11:45 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-7.html Kruger No. 7, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" www.fionaklau.com http://fionaklau.blogspot.com http://fiona-lau.fineartamerica.com It was a surprise to find that I only have one piece of mid-value blue Canson paper. I had to choose whether to paint wit... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:10:28 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-6.html Kruger No. 6, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" www.fionaklau.com Email: fiona@fionaklau.com With the same raw sienna LaCarte paper as yesterday, I used a cool palette today. The effect is quite different. The warm painting vibrates with energy but this ... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:41:53 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-5.html Finally, the paper has a much different colour background this time. This was done a raw sienna coloured Sennelier LaCarte paper. It is warm neutral. I painted with warm colours first this time to avoid yesterday's mishap. The warm colours are really... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:21:23 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pastel-no-4.html Kruger No. 4, Pastel on Paper, 10"x10" www.fionaklau.com http://fionaklau.blogspot.com Strangely, I was supposed to paint this with warm colours but I did it in cool instead! Like a lot of my artist friends would say, "Who did that' I didn't d... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:36:11 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/new-pastel-series.html Inspired by an article in a recent issue of the Pastel Journal, I have finally decided to do a series of paintings from the same image. Although I have wanted to do this for a long time, the repetitiveness of the exercise is not really motivating. Pa... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:06:54 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/1-new-drawings.html My first love is drawing. I have started to draw before turning 12 months old (according to my father). Most of my drawings were realistic. After studying with Chery Baird at the Spruill Art Centre here, I have discovered that abstract work actual... Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:48:31 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/excited-to-be-here.html I've heard of Fine Art America for over a year now. Always been a little hesitant to put my work online. Now that I've set up this account, it works so wonderfully well. There are visitors from all over the world who had looked at my work in just ...