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Author: Pauline_Adair, Contributing Editor
| Note: This painting won the Pastel Award at the 2006 Gympie Gold Rush Annual Art Exhibition. |
| For this Soft Pastel Demonstration I am using a double sheet of Canson Mi Tientes pastel paper, in a warm grey colour. I prefer to work on the smooth side of this, but I know many pastelists who choose the textured side. The smooth side still has a good tooth which suits my application.
The model is Sophie.... a favourite of mine, and I am working from a photo as it will probably take me several days to complete this to my satisfaction. |
| Here is the reference photo, which I cropped to achieve a more close up and intimate feel in the painting.
Sophie's Gallery |  |
 | I'm starting with a willow charcoal drawing.... I like the willow because I can just manipulate it with the heel of my hand... wiping it off easily if I want to adjust the drawing. After each couple of strokes I step back to view it as a whole, trying not to get bogged down to much in the detail of any one area.
I'm happy with the start now, I can begin to add some colour. |
| I'm adding some shading here, using a deep purple..... I really want to just colour the paper at this stage and to mark where the accents will be.... bones beneath the skin, the darkest shadows, etc. This is still at the drawing stage.... not the painting stage. |  |
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