Poppies 10"x8" work in progress
began a long time ago - first the hate as a framer, then the love as a collector. So imagine my shock when I found myself enrolled in a pastel class and buying pastels and sanded papers! All because of an artist, Karen Margulis, who has the most wonderful blog that I had been following. Check her out at kemstudios.blogspot.com
This painting is the result of just two pastel classes. The first one was a marsh scene which willl not be seen in this blog! This painting, also the first poppy I've ever painted, was done over a watercolor underpainting on Uart 600 paper.
Am I hooked? Well, I can list many reasons not to be: I don't need another medium to spend a ton of money on; I don't like framing pastels; I don't like getting my hands dirty and I can't do it around my husband for health reasons. BUT . . . I feel something pulling me. MAYBE . . . I'll be a closet pastelist!
This painting is the result of just two pastel classes. The first one was a marsh scene which willl not be seen in this blog! This painting, also the first poppy I've ever painted, was done over a watercolor underpainting on Uart 600 paper.
Am I hooked? Well, I can list many reasons not to be: I don't need another medium to spend a ton of money on; I don't like framing pastels; I don't like getting my hands dirty and I can't do it around my husband for health reasons. BUT . . . I feel something pulling me. MAYBE . . . I'll be a closet pastelist!
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