I needed to make a 'to-go' set of pastels, so broke my pastels into smaller pieces (GASP!!!) so that more would fit. I guess most pastel artists regularly break new sticks into smaller sizes, but man, was it hard for me to do this, especially with my Unison handmade pastels! Here's the final set, and the box also shows the different size panel brackets for 8x10, 5x7, and 4x6 panels in the lid.Another new issue for me was learning to paint in a vertical fashion, on an easel. In the beginning, it bothered my posture but once I figured out the right working height, it eased up. I really prefer to work flat on a table, but I assume working on an easel would give you a less distorted view of your work. It should also be much easier working in plein air so that the view will be in the same visual plane as the easel.
Today, I was using a 10x8 Sennelier La Carte Pastel card. This was another learning curve. I love using suede matboard, but decided to try this today. The color is actually a bit bluer than the photo shows below. To the right is the crop I chose to use of Karin's photo.
Left - first color. Right - midway into painting.
Final painting below.I wanted to get more vibrant color in her bikini, but didn't seem to have a bright enough pastel.
4 comments:
Your DSFDF painting came out beautifully. I toyed with pastels years ago, so it's especially interesting to see how you built up the layers ... and you got so much detail, which I wouldn't have thought possible!
I have a Guerrilla box too, which I have to get used to using--for me, it's attaching it to the tripod (!) and painting reaching over the box itself that are the problem.
Enjoy your plein air painting!!
Very lovely!! Marvelous blues in the sky and water.
Wow, your painting turned out wonderful.
what a great finish on DSFDF
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