A bit of a gap since my last blog. Sometimes other things happen in a hermit's life.
I was, in Wednesday's blog, starting another pastel study of a twig with lichen. Well it failed. So I resorted to using the modern day version of the camera obscura. Using my digital projector (the black box at the bottom of the next photo) I cast the enhanced photo onto a pad of cartridge paper and quickly traced around some of the shapes with a light blue pastel.
With the photo on my tablet I started blocking out some of the dark areas with purple pastel.
More purple and some green-
And more-
Added areas of light blue-
In the next stage I started adding some red. This throws up the main problem with pastels. Areas and details are getting too dark and white pastel on top doesn't cover well. So I am also adding touches of white acrylic with a small brush direct from the tube. This is a remedy that will continue as the picture develops. Oh, and I did a bit of smudging of background with a tissue.
Oh, for those of you who don't know, Josie got 4 A* passes in her A-levels. We are very proud of her.
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