Pastels are fun to work with and pastel paintings add delight and a beautiful strong sense of color to your home. |
This painting is a pastel. A friend had taken sunrise photos of her brother's home in Massachusetts. She thought a pastel of the view would make a good gift for him.
I've been asked to compare Watercolors to Pastels which are rarer to find, perhaps because the chalk is a whole lot messier. When I paint watercolors I use no more than 5 colors because they are easy to mix. An array of thousands of colors can be created by mixing just five. Using fewer colors makes the painting more harmonious. Pastels are a bit harder to mix so I free myself by using more colors. As I go along, I put the chalk in a separate box so I do not lose track of which chalks I have used. This painting is called, "Mattapoisett Sunrise". |