I used the same colors in the tree, other than a few accents, but I used the hues I felt would look the best for the sky and field. As you can see, the under painting has a huge influence on the outcome of the painting. They all have a distinctive look. This was a valuable experiment to actually group the paintings together and see the difference.
One thing I know I have to work on is the foreground. I have to go study some pastel paintings of some artists I admire and see how they do it. Tree foliage isn't making me panic anymore, but I know there is still a lot of room for improvement. I still have plenty to work on, but I guess that's why I started this blog and accepted Larry's challenge.
Here are the first four paintings. I am including the under paintings as well. They are all 5 x 7 and are painted on UArt 400 grit paper using a variety of soft pastels and Pan Pastels.
Thanks for looking.
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Doug, these are great. I love seeing the difference the different underpaintings created - they change the weather. It looks like the same scene in different seasons or times of day, very beautiful interpretations.
ReplyDeleteThanks,Robert. I knew the different under paintings would influence the paintings, but I wanted to see how much. It was a good little experiment and I plan on doing more. Maybe try doing a painting using five or six pastels. I remember we did a challenge at WC a few years ago, using that many pastels and I was amazed what we all came up with. Fun stuff. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.
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