Fixing 'botched' paintings with pastels

A "California transplant," Sabina Bye, is active in the Carson Valley Art Association, the Nevada Artists Association and the Tahoe Art League.

Her work is exhibited at the Brewery Arts Center Gallery in Carson City and on Friday, she will demonstrate how to salvage "botched" watercolor and acrylic paintings with pastel at the CVAA meeting at the Douglas County Public Library, Minden branch.

Bye began painting landscapes and seascapes in oil 30 years ago and only dabbled at watercolor and pastel. It was not until she retired and moved to Minden that she got serious about pastels and was encouraged by winning several awards in the medium. She loves doing miniature landscapes of local scenes and also enjoys painting portraits. A future goal is to master watercolor.

Bye and her husband, Al, are both Orange County, Calif., retirees and have lived in Minden for six years.

"We love it here," Bye said, "because Northern Nevada offers so much in the way of community, arts and a never-ending source of subject matter."