I then blend in that first layer. I blended it mostly with a stump and fingers. No solvent or sennelier blender stick needed. Pastelbord is great. From here on out I use a mix of neopastel and mungyo. A few Senneliers were used in foliage as well.

here it is finished. 16×20 inches . Location is on “trail of ten falls” in Silver Falls STate Park, Oregon. 8 miles loop with several falls you can walk behind. I forgot the name of this particular waterfall.

No fixative was ever needed. And I was able to get several layers starting with the cray pas first. Thanks.

Here are some close-ups. A lot of layers here. For my darks I use a dark brown, prussian blue and slate grey (neopastel). My lightest value is neopastel white that I used for top of waterfall highlights. The foreground ferns and foliage are two different neopastel greens and one mungyo green that lean cooler.

Thanks Christel!. I do love my prussian blue. I always have backups of it (mungyos). I like it for distant darks. I like it for toning greens. I like it with a dark brown to make a good dark value.

Terri, I wish it was on sale too. It is spendy. I have to restrain myself actually from buying too much of it .:lol:

I love ARches. It’s been awhile since I used it. pastelmat took over