impresionist swan painting - a collaboration

chalk pastels on artagain black pastel pad 9x12in.

from a photo by Monica Scanlan

for a collaboration challenge in RED BUBBLE.

peacock project

the pattern for an international art project.

crysanthemum and peacock fantasy

original oil pastels painting on Bristol board red pad 9x6in.

and a  mixed media collage.

monarch wing in chalk pastels

this is part of a wonderful project including 9 artists around the world, painters and photographers who are collaborating in creating a monarch butterfly.

This is my section of art which is a quick test of the concept.All art in this project is rather abstract than realist.

pastel impressions with peacock

chalk pastel on bristol board pad 9x12in.

two impromptu pieces

these are improvisations in chalk pastels on Bristol board colored pad 9x6in.

Zinnia smiles

chalk pastels on Fabriano Tiziano pastel pad 8x11in.

Love is...

chalk pastels on artagain pastel pad black 9x12in.

love triangle with mangoes

chalk pastels on canson Mi-teintes burgundy pad 8x11in.

From real life.One hour.

swan lake in autumn colors

chalk pastels on artagain black pastel pad 9x12in.

second pastel(on canvas)

This was pure fun. Done on canvas pad 9x12in. with an underpainting in watercolor.

My cheap set of 2x48 chalk pastels for $10 is a great toy to play with.

first pastel painting

These are chalk pastels mixed with just a bit of watercolor pencils and colored pencils on Artagain pastel pad 9x12in.

For a challenge on PADT.

maasai warriors

3 colored pencils on Bristol board pink pad 9x12in.

Christmas cards

This is the first in a series of Christmas cards from imagination

I will draw and send this year to family and friends.

colored pencils on Artagain black pad 6x9in.

and the second for today

still life with gala apple

colored pencils, caran d'ache crayons, oil pastels on artagain black pastel pad 9x12in.

For Paint and Draw together

boo

mixed media collage based on my sketch from 2008

Halloween it's just around the corner.

new calendar 2011

beautiful women revisited is a calendat expressing my interpretation of this 21 century esthetics and fashion for women.

you can find this one and many more by m(alec)e(lena) at :

http://www.redbubble.com/mybubble/calendars

femme fatale goes gothic

from imagination and it was pretty hard to imagine this pose, the only reference used was for the tattoo.

colored pencils on bristol board orange pad 9x12in.

respect me as I am

this is for all those who seek acceptance in today's societies.

caran d'ache neocolor crayons on artagain black pastel pad 9x12.

Venus, goddess of love and beauty

From imagination.

colored pencils on Fabriano Tiziano pastel pad 8x11in.

two more girls from imagination

going green?

oil pastels on strathmore artagain black pastel pad 9x12in.

forbidden beauty

colored pencils and oil pastels on bristol pad 9x12in.

yin yang girl from imagination

colored pencils on Strathmore artagain black pad 9x12in.

when I was 17, it was a very good year...

self portrait from the '70 in colored pencils on bristol board red pad 9x12in.