Posts Tagged ‘Color’
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
For newbies, I must explain that I joined a pastel challenge (a loooooooong time ago) that was started on Wet Canvas. The idea was to design a small picture of any type (landscape, still-life, etc) and complete 100 versions of the same picture each using different colors. The idea was to loosen up and stop grabbing the same colors all the time. We were to set our own standards and go to it! Mine are 5 X 7, and must be completed within 30 minutes. This one was fun because each time I reached for a color, I put it back and choose nearly the opposite. You’ll find the other 69 at various spots in the blog. Sometimes I get tired of doing them and drop it for awhile, but I’m committed to finish!!
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
Well, not working in watercolor for several weeks really shows up to me. This is a 5 X 8 done on sketchpad paper rather than watercolor paper, but it didn’t buckle too badly as I had applied masking tape around the edges. We’ll see how it goes. Comments are always welcome!
Tags: Color, Flowers, Watercolor
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Well, it looks like I’m getting there slowly by surely!
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
This may look strange to those who haven’t been following the blog long (and I’ve been gone awhile), but what it represents is a challenge that was made on a pastel forum on Wet Canvas (so long ago, I’m embarrassed to say). The idea was to loosen up by doing small pastels very quickly and purposely choosing colors that you wouldn’t actually use if you were going for the best. We set our own perimeters and mine were 5 X 7, done in 30 minutes or less. I have to say it is fun to pick out a color that makes you groan and then use it.
If you scroll down through the blog, you’ll see what I mean. Now, since I’ve taken so long to do this (I’ll usually do 3 or 4 and then go back to normal painting, I think I may have miss counted. I have all of these 5 X 7s taped onto large cardboard sheets and out of the way of little dogs, etc. But, I’ll check them all before I raise the flag!!
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
I just realized that I haven’t been working on the 100 Pastel Challenge lately. So, here is #66 & 67. I think I’d better get going to finish in 2012. What do you think?
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Well, as you can see, I’ve made a few changes to this pastel. I really felt that the bottom needed more attention and that the color sets off the barn much better. Since this is a process blog, I can’t promise this is the final version. I always have to live with paintings for awhile to truly feel satisfied. The danger, of course, is going to far. But then, that’s what learning is all about, isn’t it?
I hope you enjoy this version.
Tags: buildings, Color, landscape, pastel, trees
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
When I was a little girl, I grew up in the country outskirts of Roseburg, Oregon. Nearby our house were several fields just being left fallow, filled with bushes and wild grass and perfect places to play with our dog. Up a slight slope in the nearest field was an abandoned barn and climbing it’s ladders and using my imagination to think up stories wasn’t a bad way to spend time. This barn is actually painted from a photo taken on one of my husband and my cross-country trips. It doesn’t really look like the childhood barn, but close enough.
It was completed on Fabriano Tiziano pastel paper (8/1/4 X 11 3/4) using my usual mixture of Unison, Ludwig, Sennelier and Rembrandt.
I have to say that I’m not really excited about my results on the Fabriano paper and would love to see comments from anyone else that uses it.
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, buildings, Color, landscape, pastel, trees
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
I’ve been doing a lot of sketching lately and will post them soon, however the pastel bug bit me good this week. I started this Tuesday and I “think” I finished it tonight, however living with it for a day or two may induce me to make some changes as I’m not thoroughly happy with it. We’ll see….I go back and make changes to paintings all the time. This is an 8″ X 12″ on Canson paper using mostly Unisons and Ludwig pastels.
Below are a couple of shots showing my usual way of working. First, very loosely drawing in area with a pastel pencil and then with landscapes working mostly from top to bottom. Then I go back and start changing, adding or subtracting items and color. I was aiming for a very loose image which I think this qualifies. In fact, I’m thinking I may go in and sharpen some detail.
Enjoy and please comment if you wish!
In start with the sky in landscapes as it is the source of light and all else follows.
Tags: Color, landscape, pastel, process study
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