christmascarolnz
05-30-2004, 04:53 PM
Hi Jackie...now that I've got your attention.. :angel: :D
I thought about asking you a couple of questions about your videos via pm but thought maybe what I ask may help some others, esp. newbies to pastel.
I was fortunate enough to hire two of your videos from our pastel society library.
I have gained so much great info from them that I feel very blessed and highly recommend them to anyone. I shall have to place an order for my own copies now for sure.
Anyway... my questions...
1. I noticed you had your pastels all broken into uniform sizes and arranged in a lovely wooden tray/box in their tonal ranges.Wow! That never occurred to me and I have BIG problems trying to work out tonal value issues. (as you know) What colour ranges are they sorted into? I counted eight, but couldn't see properly what they were. Is that your total collection of pastels?
Did you have the tray/box specially made?
2. What brands of pastels do you use and how do you know which colour name/brand requires replacing when you shop for new ones?
3. I may have missed it, but what was the brand of paper you were using to paint the breads?
4. I was really impressed with how you painted the flowers in the study in video 2. I guess that comes with practise, or does one have to be a 'gardener' to really 'see' flowers? Mine usually end up as dried arrangements whether in a vase or the garden, so I always seek out 'Carol friendly' plants that require zero tending! I also have great difficulty with arranging flowers in a vase...
I did notice, after perusing the images in the library of still life pics that drawing from 'life' did indeed give a greater 'freshness' to the work.
I'd really appreciate your time Jackie. BTW, you have a lovely, easy, clear accent.
Carol
who's really buzzing now.... ;)
I thought about asking you a couple of questions about your videos via pm but thought maybe what I ask may help some others, esp. newbies to pastel.
I was fortunate enough to hire two of your videos from our pastel society library.
I have gained so much great info from them that I feel very blessed and highly recommend them to anyone. I shall have to place an order for my own copies now for sure.
Anyway... my questions...
1. I noticed you had your pastels all broken into uniform sizes and arranged in a lovely wooden tray/box in their tonal ranges.Wow! That never occurred to me and I have BIG problems trying to work out tonal value issues. (as you know) What colour ranges are they sorted into? I counted eight, but couldn't see properly what they were. Is that your total collection of pastels?
Did you have the tray/box specially made?
2. What brands of pastels do you use and how do you know which colour name/brand requires replacing when you shop for new ones?
3. I may have missed it, but what was the brand of paper you were using to paint the breads?
4. I was really impressed with how you painted the flowers in the study in video 2. I guess that comes with practise, or does one have to be a 'gardener' to really 'see' flowers? Mine usually end up as dried arrangements whether in a vase or the garden, so I always seek out 'Carol friendly' plants that require zero tending! I also have great difficulty with arranging flowers in a vase...
I did notice, after perusing the images in the library of still life pics that drawing from 'life' did indeed give a greater 'freshness' to the work.
I'd really appreciate your time Jackie. BTW, you have a lovely, easy, clear accent.
Carol
who's really buzzing now.... ;)