New Pastel/watercolor

 Several years back, I studied this technique online, with artist Tonja Sell   Using handmade stencils and materials that lend themselves to awesome textures in watercolor I worked them into a collage-like arrangement on sanded Uart paper.  

After a day or so of drying, I played around with the orientation. In this case, turning it 180 degrees made it more receptive to my wolf idea.  Then added the beginnings of the face...after these first few beginning strokes, something in me said - leave it this way, but that was too easy.  Going to carry on and see what transpires.

Happy Mother's Day and a new Pastel Painting

"Vagabond"

6" x 6"

pastel on tinted and pumiced Gatorfoam board

SOLD

I love, love, love the new technique I learned from Rita Kirkman.

It's becoming much more comfortable and understandable with

each of these last several pastels.

Painting a value study before adding detail and color is 

just what I needed. In doing so, you get a lot

of the work done underneath which makes it 

sing when I get down to the nitty gritty of the work.

(I should never call this work, it is what I love

and it isn't work to me..it's 'total passion and enjoyment'.)

It takes me to another place.

Happy Mother's Day!