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| "Light on the Peak" 12 x 9 pastel on blue/green Sennelier La Carte |
OK, it has been a long time since I've posted!!! I won't go into the boring details WHY. I have FINALLY finished a painting I started about a month ago! So, since you have been so patient, waiting to hear from me....here is a special treat: a step by step demonstration of this painting from start to finish! Woo-hoo!!! This is your lucky day!
I started this project by driving over to Lake Tahoe to see a friend's art show reception and stopped for a quick paint from inside my car at Sand Harbor. I did my quick paint in watercolor:
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| 12 x 9 watercolor plein air |
I also took a photo. At home in the studio I started blocking in with pastel on a blue-green colored Sennelier La Carte support:
Next, laying in more pastel....doing a little blending to get it into the tooth. I don't want much blue-green to show through because it will cool the picture too much.
...and more pastel...getting more definition of the fore and middle ground....
...and then....working on the trees a little and adjusting values between the fore, middle and backgrounds....
...and...now focusing on describing the focal point - adding contrasting colors and values in that area....and softening other areas that call attention away from the point of interest. Finding areas that don't work (like the right-hand peak took away from the main peak. And, I'm done! Signed!
