Latest Blog Posts for Art by Rita Foster

• Rita Foster self portrait 2014
  on Mar 26, 2014 in Portraits
  watermarked - "Rita Foster Art"2014 "Self Portrait 2014" white pastel&charcoal...
• Chiaroscuro female nude drawing
  on Mar 24, 2014 in Art For Sale Figures
  Watermarked image - "Rita Foster Art"$400-click for info"Chiaroscuro" 24x12 inches white pastelIt has been quite a while since I've drawn a female nude and I'm very interested to working on the skill of drawing them so now is a better time than any t...
• Vein hands Maxfield Parrish style
  on Mar 24, 2014 in Art For Sale Body Close Ups
  watermarked image - "Rita Foster Art"$200-click for info"Veiny Hands" 8x12 inch pastelI've always been an admirer of Maxfield Parrish's work and the way he'd use warm lights along with cool shadows to produce a certain mood and I wanted to...
• Tendons of the Hand Pastel Drawing
  on Dec 8, 2013 in Art For Sale Body Close Ups Figures
  $200.00Click to BuyThe intricacies of the hands are quite intriguing for me to draw. It fascinates me to draw them while keeping in mind what the undulating forms really mean as I shade with the white chalk. The bones, the muscle structure, veins, te...
• Chocolate Labrador Pastel Pencil Drawing
  on Nov 16, 2013 in Animals Art For Sale
  $250.00Click to BuyThis is probably the first time I've used color in quite some time. It's also the FIRST time I've tried to used color in pencil form. I'm dabbling slowly and trying to get the hang of it before I dive right in so you may see some m...
• Red Mackerel Tabby charcoal pencil drawing
  on Sep 5, 2013 in Art For Sale Animals
  $150Click to BuyThough hard to tell in a black and white drawing consisting of faber castell pastel and wolff's carbon pencils, we have a red mackerel tabby cat deep in thought gazing out the window...I have had a bit of an obsession about drawing ha...
• Christopher portrait charcoal pencil drawing
  on Sep 3, 2013 in Art For Sale Portraits
  $150Click to Buy11x14 inch Charcoal...
• Hogwarts Castle Gouache Painting
  on Jun 12, 2013 in Landscapes Paintings
  GouacheI painted this up for a friend last year but am just now getting around to posting it. This was one of the most challenging pieces I've done in gouache just because of all the architectural elements and mossy rocks. I am missing painting more...
• How to draw tutorial charcoal pencil drawing by Rita Foster
  on Jun 8, 2013
  finished piece 17 hoursI wanted to offer you a rough how to draw tutorial of mine which I actually took progress pictures of back in 2010 when I worked on the Apollo piece. I've been meaning to post this for quite some time but as you know life does...
• Maxfield Parrish Daybreak Artist Appreciation
  on Jun 7, 2013
  "Daybreak" by Maxfield ParrishThis will be my first post that's not about my own art. I felt compelled to write something because this artist's work truly inspires me to start using more color. My favorite complimentary colors are blue and orange bec...

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