Ahhhhhhhhh! Another one done!
Enjoy!
Posts Tagged ‘pastel’
And Another One! #52 in Pastel Challenge
Had a few extra moments today and decided to knock out another one. Let’s see that means there’s only 48 more to go to reach the goal of 100.
For any newbies, this is a challenge to complete 100 pastels using the same design, and size (in this case 5 X 7) and complete as much as possible within a chosen time lime. Mine is 30 minutes. You’ll find lots to check out in earlier posts.
Enjoy!
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
Yes! No. 51 in the 100 Pastel Challenge
I’ve been busy with life-in-general things lately and realized that I hadn’t done a pastel in awhile. You’re going to be seeing more and more that are similar to those already posted, I’m afraid. Or, you may be seeing some really weird ones. After all, the point of doing 100 was to force me to choose colors that I wouldn’t normally use. I noticed that this one is sticking pretty close to natural colors, so I’ll need to concentrate on doing it completely different next time (maybe tomorrow?)
Enjoy!
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
100 Pastel Challenge Nos. 43 & 44
Here’s number 43 in my quest to complete 100 pastels.
And here’s number 44! I’m almost half way there!!!
Enjoy
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, landscape, pastel
100 Pastel Challenge Nos. 41 & 42
Yes, yes, yes……here are pastels 41 & 42 in my quest to paint 100 pastels. Rules: same size 5 X 7, completed in 30 minutes and different from the previous 40. I’m beginning to think I really will succeed in getting the 100 done. BUT, I won’t decide how I’ll celebrate until after number 75!
Enjoy!
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
100 Pastel Challenge -38, 39 & 40
Somewhere in all my moving (I’m converting a room into a studio), I believe I’ve miscounted in my identification of the paintings. I’ve had a few fall off the boards they are lightly affixed to and I didn’t notice right away. At this point, I can say that I now have 40 individual paintings on boards in the room, so please ignore any previous identifications. Hopefully, I can clear up some of the confusion in the room and keep a correct count as I go along. But, ( whatever the numbers I’ve reported in previous posts), the above three photos are nos. 38, 39 and 40. I’m getting anxious to at least hit the half-way mark soon. I’m doing other paintings in between…..I have no idea how long it would take working day and night to complete 100….I’m limited to 30 minutes per painting, but then there’s all the other stuff……cutting pastel paper to size, taking photographs….not to mention eating and sleeping occasionally. I think some of the Wet Canvas pastel painters that accepted this challenge last year were probably smart enough to keep their designs simpler.
Anyway, I hope you are enjoying the challenge (and don’t mind the confusion!)
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
100 Pastel Challenge 39 & 40
I “believe” these are numbers 39 & 40, but it looks like I’ll have to gather my boards they are mounted on and check the count again……they could be 38 and 39. Oh, well, I guess the only important number is 100…………..wouldn’t it be awful if I miss-counted and did 101 by mistake?
Enjoy please!
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel
Shatze
The following are the steps before completing my latest pastel. It is a 9 X 12 on La Carte Pastel Card using mostly Unisons. This is the first pastel I’ve done on any surface besides Canson and watercolor paper. I think I have found a new friend….it was a lot of fun working on this surface!
I enlarged a photo of Shatze and taped it to the top of my table easel. I know a lot of people use their computer screens. Perhaps that will be the next step I take. Anyway, here is the drawing done in a reddish brown Nupastel.
I don’t usually do the background first, but when I saw how brilliant the colors were showing on this paper (card?), I felt better about working on the cat with some area of comparison. I didn’t want the background to over-power the cat, but I still wanted to include the delightful colors in the what I think is a blanket over the back of the couch.
I was fairly happy with the face at this stage, although later I could tell I had painted the nose just a bit too long and so corrected it by scraping off pastel and repainting. But that wasn’t until the rest of the picture was completed. I’m sure we all go in and make “corrections” after we’ve covered the surface. But, I think that faces on people and animals are of primary importance. If the face isn’t right, it’s not the right cat!
I think this is where I discovered the nose, plus a few little picky items to correct.
And here I call it done. (Unless something else jumps out at me after letting it rest a day or two.
Enjoy!
Tags: Animals, Cat, Color, pastel, process study
Name That Cat Contest!
Yes, that’s right….a contest! The first person who can identify the cat in the 9 X 12 pastel painting wins the original work! You can either add a comment to this post, or send the name via email to: jan@clearmountaindesigns.com. Good Luck!
Yes, two more – #35 & 36
Well, I’m crank’n them out. I have daily sketches and MiniPix to show as well, but I just HAD to share with you how far I’ve gotten.
Please enjoy!
(And remember, they aren’t meant to be the “best” in any category. It’s a challenge that forces me to think about putting colors together that I might not normally do……and it’s working!)
Tags: 100 Pastel Challenge, Color, landscape, pastel