I have decided that I need to pick up the pastels again and work on becoming a better painter in them. I purchased my first box of pastels in years. They are student grade Alphacolor and I have to say that I am enjoying them. I am using the Ampersand 600 grit pastel paper, I have the perfect model in my beautiful April. In the first photo is the first initial layer of pastel, I then sprayed it to set, so that I could lay in the next layer, the next two photos are actually of the same layer, one is with a flash and the other without. I prefer the one without the flash as I feel it is truer to the actual painting..
well, shoot! Spraying it to set!- what a concept! I've got two pastels right now with gobs of pastel on the canvases and could not figure out how to add figures on top of the ground- duh! This is what art by the seat of my pants goes like. I love to see how you've built this portrait of April. I like #2 photo as well as she stands out more from the background and looks more solid- It also looks like you've caught her in mid-gesture- either just having tossed her head, or just about to- so nice!
ReplyDeletejust keep in mind that when you spray, the pastel may look a bit spotty. but it will help add some more tooth. I prefer to use the sanded pastel papers over the regular. You can get so many more layers on the Wallis and Ampersand papers.
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