Bird of Paradise - x-post from Florals and Botanicals

[angie_v]

8x10" on board prepared with Golden Acrylic Ground, various soft pastels and NuPastels used.

C+C please

[DAK723]

Very nice! Beautiful bold colors!

The only thing that I notice a little bit, is there is a rather hard blue line along the leaf on the far left side. I would just blend that line into the background. Otherwise you have some very nice edge variety!

Don

[allydoodle]

This looks beautiful Angie. If you take care of that edge Don mentioned, I think you've got a winner here. Great job!

[angie_v]

Thank you both for your comment! I will try to rework it so that darker line is gone. I honestly did not notice it before, but it'd definitly bothering me now.

[bnoonan]

good for you in making nupastels accomplish all of this. They were my first pastel set and they did me well till I got frustrated with the limited values.

May you get some more darker pastels and sing along more in this medium if you choose! Good work! Barb

[barriespapa]

Very well done Angie only yesterday i noticed golden acrylic ground and I was going to ask in talk if anyone had any experience with it. Does it take many layers.
David

[angie_v]

Hi David, I did many thinned down layers (mixed with water). The reasoning, I had tried without the thin layers and I got markings where there was uneven application, and so the thin layers, it gives time to even out, and fill in the uneven bits - now you could probably avoid it with a roller. But the product does recommend creating a mix, with 40% water. Other people would probably have more experience with it since I'm pretty new to the "pastel-scene" hehe.