I have been absent for quite a while. In the meantime I have been painting using watercolors as my underpainting for my pastel painting. Also I have private lessons with Karen Margulis for two days that was spectacular. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos and the ones I did take when I got back didn't come out. But here is a painting I did on 9x12 Uart 400 with a watercolor under painting and then my pastels. I probably am not done because I keep tweaking it. But it was fun doing it.
It was a tutorial I found on Artists Network by Richard McKinley.
I have been obsessed with learning how to use pastels and getting the right colors and types of pastels. I really like Terry Ludwig, Mount Vision, Diane Townsend, Schmicke, Sennilier etc. I love the feel of painting with pastels but I will never give up my watercolors. I love doing the underpainting with the watercolors.
You would think with all of these colors I would be able to find any color I needed....but not the case. But I am going to work with these colors for a while to see what I really need. In the beginning I was researching and then trying different companies and different sets. Make some mistakes.....right off the bat I can tell I have too many reds. This box is the Dakota Deluxe Large from Dakota Pastels.
