Thursday, May 17, 2012

Playing With Pastels

...So for Mother's Day I went to Michael's and picked up some pastel paper and some chalk pastels to play with.  I have a subscription to The Pastel Artist and wanted to learn some new tricks.  What I've learned, is that it must take a long time to master this art and chalk pastels are messy!  ha ha

I'm working on a piece with two horses - definitely not realism but I hope I can render an interesting piece in the end.  If I am at least somewhat successful I'll post a picture when I'm done.  If anyone would like to offer any pointers that would be lovely!

1 comment:

Laurie Linn said...

Way to go - jump in and try something new. I can offer absolutely no tips on working with pastels. I tried them years ago and made an absolute mess out of them! I do remember seeing a video on them - the artist used colored paper and then laid down white under everything to get true colors. So there you go . . .my contribution. Do post pictures - of the progress too!