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This is another type of veriation that I’ll be exploring in the challenge to do 100 paintings.  My pastels tend to look soft and, some might say, mushy.  But I like the almost water color effect that I get manipulating the pastel.  In this case, the largest amount of pastel was applied with individual strokes. Sometimes, pastelists will use a vertical stroke…..I don’t think I’ve ever seen any with purely horizontal!   I was so into this picture that I ran over my 30 minute limit and took 45 minutes…..but I think I’ll keep it anyway. Otherwise, it fit the remaining categories of same picture and size (5 X 7)  I’ve now completed 5 paintings in my quest for 100.  I hope you enjoy this one!  Do you think I like color?

3 Responses to “Week Two – Second Painting”

  1. Chris says:

    I LOVE the colors! And whatever you did to manipulate the pastels has created an amazing amount of movement that moved me right along with it!!!

  2. thom says:

    thats a good observation about horizontal lines, I don’t think I have seen it either!

  3. Leila Schnyder says:

    With the sky and horizontal lines it looks like a windy spring day. Once again I’m amazed at how the same subject can look so different with different colors.
    I like lots of color!

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