Finally my website is up again – deep gratitude to Russell from Dymond Hosting. I have lost some previous progressions which I will endeavour to rewrite and post. This one is the promised finalized work from the demonstration Using Pastel on Canvas in the PSA Zoom Tuesday 14th last month.
1. The canvas prepared with Soft Umber Art Spectrum pastel primer, and some clear primer that has turquoise acrylic ink in it for colour. Before this primer dried, I ran combs through for texture – a fine tooth comb towards the top, and a more widely toothed comb towards the bottom.
2. Here is the work at the end of the demonstration. I had placed soft pastel and wet some in the background, then proceeded to draw up the chook and flooring of grasses and straw with more soft pastel. This is ready for a spray of varnish.
3. This is the work after another layer of soft pastels, readily apparent in the brighter oranges etc, and waiting for a further spray of varnish.
4. After further applications of soft pastel, especially the AS extra soft squares, which have minimal affect after being wet and don’t like being mixed with water at all, the work is ready for a final spray.
5. The completed signed work – 45 square cms (18 square inches).
