My newest pastel and a demo video

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So, I finally completed a pastel begun in Mexico. When Andrea, friend and model, came to visit me in Mexico in February, she offered a life drawing session for a few of us. I was really pleased with what I did but time ran out and so there was no finishing it.  The pastel languished in my studio but with a little outside pressure, I decided it was time to finish it up.

 

Here is the pastel after a couple of 20-min sittings in the backyard in Mexico - truly en plein air! You can see that although I have the colour down on the body, the head and background have much left to be done. I was working on white paper which I rarely do - at least I generally tone it first - but here I just went right in.

 

And here's the finished piece (as yet untitled). You can see I have the face in (only about two and half hours of work on an area about two inches square!) and the background is now colour blocks. I didn't do much to the figure...you can compare and see what changes I made. I am still very pleased with it.

 

Close up of the head - the head that heard much muttered cussing! Pastels can seem very large when working on a small area!

 

Close up of the hands which I pretty much did not dare to touch afraid as I was of messing up what I already had down.

 

 

And here are the pastels I used

 

So what else is new. Oh yes, I uploaded my second pastel demo to YouTube.  I’d love to know what you think about it as your comments will help me create better videos. You can comment below the video if you go to YouTube to view the video or send me an email – just click on the ’email me’ link at the end of the blog. This is the first time I have embedded a video in a blog so please let me know if it works!!!

 

 

 

 

That’s all for this time. It’s a great pleasure to share my work and thoughts with you. Please feel free to offer any comments (just use the ‘comment’ button below). I’ve recently realized that when I comment to your comments, you don’t receive a notification that I have done so. I try to respond to every comment so please, if you have commented on a blog, do return later in case I have said anything witty or brilliant in response 😀

 

Enjoying the wonder that is this world. Until next time,

 

~ Gail

4 thoughts on “My newest pastel and a demo video”

    1. Well rats to that! It seems like it’s worked for some and not for others. At least it seems to be working here…on my website… We’ll see what happens next time. Thanks for letting me know Bettie.

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