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Few of my first soft pastel works. I use W&n softpastels and Pip Seymour Handmade softpastels. And in one work i use also Aquarelle. Any comments or questons ?
I little sorry about image quality i cannot made better now. Problem is not camera or lens but photographer and also in at least one work is not flat.
Donna T
10-21-2009, 07:55 PM
It's nice to see your work, JPQ! You use some beautiful combinations of colors. All are very bright and vibrant! Don't worry about your photography - we all struggle with that. :)
i mainly have pure colours (few light hues only no greys currently but Pip Seymours Ivory black is more dark grey to me)
for all what you want know i dont used green in lastone.(but this actaully first one of these). And my palette is limited to
w&n softpastels: 21
Pip Seymour soft pastels: 8
ps. buy both more soon i can but not soon becouse i need other stuff. but i even now know i dont need in my style hunreds of pastels.
Hello JPQ. Thank you for showing us your work. I think I like the bottom one most because of the contrast with pastel heavily applied and then it feathers lightly away. Your work shows how you are experimenting with colour blending, combinations of colour, mark making and application. Which of the colours are your Pip Seymour Handmade softpastels? One day I should try a water-based underpainting.
I currently have these 8:
Bristol Yellow (smooth maybe nicest warm yellow i ever seen when we talk opaque pigments without cadmium hues)
Iso Yellow (Hard but maybe greenst yellow what i can get easily in here)
Quindo Red (Very Hard)
Bright Red (smooth)
Ivory Black (smooth)
Prussian Blue (smooth,real one but hint on ivory? black for stabliation i understand)
Bright Blue (smooth,made with ultramarine blue i understand)
Titanium white
most usefull to me are ivory black,bristol yellow and prussian blue (smoother than w&n phtalo blue red shade tint 4)
ps. smooth is not as smooth like w&n yellow ochre tint 4 which is almost too smooth i think (when i dont talk oil pastels :) ). and i Seymours made these pastels what i use for Minoa (Art Supplier in finland) but sells in there in england same stuff here: (same colour selection)
http://www.southlondonartsupplies.com/page22.html
(Seymour can send pigment info if you ask and hues are mainly single pigment hues i understand with even real carmine and indigo (form india)) what are fugitive and even very old ultramarine green used some hues i understand.(stuff even when stuff is used fully we cannot get more)
and must say these (at started these Seymours pastels) are lovely looking stuff and handmade. but recommend when you want single pigment hues.
and good stuff i think also when you made really portable set only few pastels.(i think if quindo red and iso yellow are smoother than these are even with 8 pastels you can made if you can mix make some amazing stuff nice greens,oranges etc only violet is hard made with mix why? quindo red is so hard) ps.for example bright blue in colour samples is too bright and strong i think. but these maybe last longer than w&n i think...
Hello JPQ. Thank you for showing us your work. I think I like the bottom one most because of the contrast with pastel heavily applied and then it feathers lightly away. Your work shows how you are experimenting with colour blending, combinations of colour, mark making and application. Which of the colours are your Pip Seymour Handmade softpastels? One day I should try a water-based underpainting.
This work you like uses i think only Prussian Blue,Bristol Yellow and Bright Red.(Pip Seymour húes)
And my works comes my head i almost never use reference.
Deb F
10-21-2009, 09:48 PM
Hello JPQ--Your work is very colorful--I see you enjoy pastels as much as I do. I think I see my cat in one! Deb
I can post fifth work (maybe more later?) for this thread?
I really like colours i cannot imagine world without colours,shapes,sounds etc. i also soundpaintter i think... ps. cat what i always drawU/paint is magical and fictional male cat.
Deborah Secor
10-21-2009, 10:25 PM
Fun experiments! Now, what are you learning from them? :D
Hope you don't mind, but I want to make a suggestion for you about the last one:
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/21-Oct-2009/23609-firstw_1th_modern.jpg
I think if you crop it so the image is going off the page it's more dynamic and interesting. It creates negative shapes this way, and gives it stronger rhythms. Not necessary, of course, but I thought I'd share.
Keep going! You're clearly having some fun.
Deborah
White is really needed. but this crop is also nice. but i use art for relaxing. watercolours and soft pastels are best for this some other mediums are too hard for this use. and if alloved i post more works soon.
Colorix
10-29-2009, 07:06 AM
Hey, I nearly missed this thread. Very nice to see your work, you've had great fun, and it looks like you love clear colours! I really think you'd like PanPastels, it is the softest you can find that also gives a fluid "wet" look, I think of them as 'dry' watercolour.
Charlie
I like clear colours actually all colours have correct place. and solving if can order pan pastels form Sweden.
I post soon more my works.
new info about this quindo red this pastel dont work correctly :) i mean seller says this hue is not hard (he also uses them i think i can say this...).... and now i have more pastels i hope i can get all other hues what i really need in later in this month but these are going mainly/only schmincke stuff. and maybe before this i can post few new works to forum. actually i think when i wake later in this day i going make few tests and maybe few works. and tests needed searching how hard are few my pastels are.
Oops when i say soon is not so soon... i mean second last post to this thread. but not get sleep and test my yellow greens after this...
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