This past Tuesday I was very fortunate to get a seat in the Pearl Museum Art Workshop "Pastels Explored" with Linda Dellandre. I have never worked with pastels before. I had a couple of boxes in my studio, unopened/unused, which I had bought on sale/clearance in hopes of using them someday. And that day arrived! Linda explained her techniques very well, including some very good advice I can use with other art mediums -- not being afraid of a variety of colors to obtain the value and creating Notans (here's a good link explaining what Notans are - bonus if you like cats). I found a sheet of the paper she recommended at Hobby-Lobby ($2.69 before the 40% off coupon!) so I can play and explore with pastels some more.
Update 9-26-14 - At the last minute, I tossed this into my bag and entered it in the Fort Bend County Fair and it won a blue ribbon!
So happy to see you are getting into the art routine. It is very satisfying. It also is a never ending source of new supplies and tools to be bought. I de ided drawing on the road is not a good plan! Lots of shaky line and scribbles. Errors due to size of fonts a iPad stubbonness
ReplyDeleteMe, too Monica! It's like a switch was flipped. I surprise myself. And I love checking out new sources for new supplies and tools -- and potential!
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