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| "Mohawk Vista Meadow" 9 x 12 pastel on sanded paper |
I began this painting on white Kitty Wallis. This is about the 5th version of this painting. Each painting I changed the scene a little to make it better, and I also painted on different kinds of papers. So, after I penciled in my composition, I thought I would fix it with a workable fixative. My can was getting low, but must have dried in the nozzle, and it only came out of the base of the nozzle. So, I got a new can I have had about a year. First, I forgot to shake it up. Second, I forgot to test it out. I just started spraying and OMG! It too was clogged, but practically exploded from the base in a 360 degree fan of grey splatter! All over my white kitty wallis paper! I could not get the grey off my hands, so I knew water would not clean it off.
What the heck, I let it dry and then proceeded to do a watercolor underpainting. Here it is:
After that dried, I went on with pastel over, and especially went over the grey spots.
All is well. I still salvaged it! I guess I won't buy that brand of fixative again...
