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It is always a thrill to begin a lilacs painting, their beauty of the colour chords, their heavy scent and their blooming on the doorstep to summer and romantic white nights. There a quite a few lilac bushes of different colours nearby my home, so the temptation is irresistable.
The impatience to get started turns often to almost despair, though. Losing my track on all these tiny flowers and, despite of my good range of pastels in blues, purples and reds, the feeling that I still miss the right nuances. It all feels so perplexed, and I may regret that I ever started the painting, instead of just enjoying the brief glory of the blooming lilacs.
But I know I will do it again while I can, every year in May.
Original pastel painting . Painted from life on dark sanded pastel paper with highest quality soft pastels.
Ships unframed. The suggestions for framing and proper care will be enclosed.

Materials used:

artist grade soft pastels, sanded pastel paper

Tags:
#summer #purple flowers #lilacs #observational painting #scent 
Lilacs #3´23 (2023)
Pastel drawing
by Silja Salmistu

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It is always a thrill to begin a lilacs painting, their beauty of the colour chords, their heavy scent and their blooming on the doorstep to summer and romantic white nights. There a quite a few lilac bushes of different colours nearby my home, so the temptation is irresistable.
The impatience to get started turns often to almost despair, though. Losing my track on all these tiny flowers and, despite of my good range of pastels in blues, purples and reds, the feeling that I still miss the right nuances. It all feels so perplexed, and I may regret that I ever started the painting, instead of just enjoying the brief glory of the blooming lilacs.
But I know I will do it again while I can, every year in May.
Original pastel painting . Painted from life on dark sanded pastel paper with highest quality soft pastels.
Ships unframed. The suggestions for framing and proper care will be enclosed.

Materials used:

artist grade soft pastels, sanded pastel paper

Tags:
#summer #purple flowers #lilacs #observational painting #scent 

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Silja Salmistu is Estonian artist living in Denmark. Since 2016, she is dedicated to soft pastels, with still life as the main subject. She earned a MFA equivalent degree in painting from Tartu... Read more

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