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Author: Sue_Choppers-Wife, Contributing Editor
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| Title: Red Shorts
Size: 30 x 40 cm / 12 x 16" Medium: Rembrandt and Schmincke Support: Royal Sovereign Pastel Card (blue) WC username: soap ...."....totally addicted to WetCanvas!......." soap www.sophieploeg.com |
 | Title: HAYSTACK ROCK & THE NEEDLES - OREGON
Size: 14"x12" (slightly reduced by scanner) Support: Art Spectrum Colourfix paper I use mainly Unison pastels, although I have a small selection of other brands - Winsor Newton, Schminke, Rowney and Remrandt. Artist: MarciaJane WC username: MarciaJane |
| I joined Wet Canvas in January 2003 and was recommended
to join by someone I knew who was already a member. I have met so many nice people from all over the world in here, and it is really encouraging to see the work of other pastel artists in this forum…… some of which is astounding! There is always help at hand if you need it and I am so glad that I was recommended to join ….I have never come across a site for art and artists like Wet Canvas before! I began using pastels about 4 years ago, after doing oils for 7 years. Whilst I still like oil I now tend to use pastels all the time, mainly because of the instant colour that can be obtained by them…. no more wasting time mixing up paints (and very often ending up with a colour I don’t want!). I also find the end result is more pleasing to me and I can achieve some good effects. Mistakes can be rectified quite easily by just brushing off what you don’t want with a brush with stiff bristles i.e., an oil painting brush. To anyone who has not tried pastels before, I would certainly recommend them. Yes they can be a bit messy, but the end result is worth it !! MarciaJane |
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| Title: Desolation
size: 12 x 16 Sennelier oil pastel on medium gray Fabriano Tiziano Artist: Sue Choppers-Wife WC username: Dyin Pastels have certainly enabled me to reach levels that I could not attain with other mediums. I started with soft pastels but soon moved on to oil pastels and I am every excited and enthusiastic about their endless possibilities. WetCanvas! has been the single best thing that ever happened to me as a self-taught artist...until I found WC I used books as my main source of information but there was no one to tell me if I got it right or wrong. Things made sense, but just didn't seem to fall in place until I found the Pastel forum. Everyone here is willing to share what they've learned, and I can honestly say I've come further in the 6 short months I've been here than I did in the previous 6 years! Sue Choppers-Wife |
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| title: Distracted by the Clouds
size: 24x17 Colourfix Primer on Plyboard Rembrandt skies, Sennelier greens, Unison shadows, and puffy white Schminke cloud tops. Artist: Craig Houghton WC username: Craig Houghton The first time I picked up a set of pastels I had no intention of creating art -- I just wanted to play with the colorful sticks. I really hadn't any introduction to visual art, either formal or in play. The set cost about five dollars at the university bookstore. Now my pastel habit barely leaves me with enough money for bread and water, but I'm happier for it. I also paint, but pastels are my first and favorite medium. Soft pastels can mimic oils in execution and technique, be used as a drawing tool with untouchable vibrancy or a uniquely velvety softness, and a little water in the dust even lets you brush them with an effect akin to transparent watercolors. However they are used, the resulting painting will be more vivid and engaging for having been done in pastels. Really though, I still just want to play with the colorful sticks, but I find that a careful sort of play with pastels, coupled with close attention to all the tips found on WetCanvas, yields incredible results. The Pastel Forum has provided me with expert critiques, an encyclopedia of techniques, and countless opportunities to view some of the finest pastel work around. I'd be worse off had I not picked up that first set of colored sticks, and far worse off if I hadn't discovered WetCanvas -- many thanks to everyone who has made this place so great. Craig Houghton |
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