Soft Pastel on GatorGrit 400-b Waterproof Sandpaper
Price: Contact the Artist
Year Painted: 2004
Pastels Used: Nupastel, Rembrandt, Schmincke
Source: Photograph taken by the artist at Yosemite National Park.
This was my first experience painting on sandpaper (while I was waiting for my first order of Sennelier La Carte to be delivered). This particular grade has a very fine tooth, which forced me to not overwork the painting. As a rule, I do not like to use spray fixative because it dulls the colors, so it is only a last resort to ‘fix’ a mistake. Happily, there were no such mistakes in this painting, so the colors are pure. I enjoyed watching the rainbow ‘appear’ in the mist with the butter-soft Schmincke pastels.
No comments:
Post a Comment