11″ X 14″ Pastel on watercolor paper; mostly Sennlier, Girault, Art Spectrum and Terry Ludwigs.
I believe I started this painting two years ago. Got down just below the lagoon and couldn’t decided what I wanted it to look like. I’ve been doing more and more landscapes from memory (?) or imagination, so if there’s anything that you can’t find the botanical name for……..I’ll make one up.
I put so many layers on the paper that I had to actually remove some to change color in certain areas. This would have been the perfect piece to use my newly found method of painting the first layer of pastel on, but since I had started in the pre-water method, I felt compelled to stay with it.
I was sorry I had made that decision when I got to the bottom, but I just chugged on through. I can certainly see how setting up your forms with pastel then going over with water (or alcohol) saves frustration with working on certain surfaces. I’m going to move onto the more textured boards, etc. , next since I’ve been reading comments as to how many layers you can actually put on before the board just closes shop!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this. Remember, comments are always welcome.
An interesting learning experience. It makes me think about how accustomed I’ve gotten to working digitally…
I love this! It’s beautiful!
Oh, how lovely this is! It is just perfect. No tweaking needed at all.
Leila