MaryClara & Scout #7

MaryClara & Scout #7, originally uploaded by debifitz.

pastel on PastelMat
private collection
19"X26"

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I love doing denim! So many blues, purples and pinks!

MaryClara & Scout #6

MaryClara & Scout #6, originally uploaded by debifitz.

pastel on PastelMat
private collection
19"X26"

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MaryClara & Scout #5

MaryClara & Scout #5, originally uploaded by debifitz.

pastel on PastelMat
private collection
19"X26"

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I am just so pleased with the way this one is coming along!!!!! Usually I try to do white areas last. So that I don't get any dusting of darker colors on it. But Scout is behind MaryClara and it will be easier to lay her denim jeans on top of the white than the other way around. I will just have to be extra careful no to smear!

MaryClara & Scout #4

MaryClara & Scout #4, originally uploaded by debifitz.

pastel on PastelMat
private collection
19"X26"

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I enjoy doing gray/white horses... I love using all the blues, purples and pinks. Some grays... but I find that if you use too much gray the animal looks dirty. This is the second portrait I have done of Scout... the first one was done about 12 years ago. And he was covered in dapples! Now at 21 he is all white! I will post that portrait at the end of this progression. It was done on velour.

MaryClara & Scout #3

MaryClara & Scout #3, originally uploaded by debifitz.

pastel on PastelMat
private collection
19"X26"

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Sorry I missed taking a pic here.... but once I am working on my subject and it is going well, I hate to stop! I was so into it that I forgot to take a photo! MaryClara was easy but the sweater....!! But it was worth the extra effort. I actually mixed 2 different photos for MaryClara and I had to get a bit creative with her hands/arms. The details on the sweater actually helped in the end to camouflage the changes.

MaryClara & Scout #2

MaryClara & Scout #2, originally uploaded by debifitz.

pastel on PastelMat
private collection
19"X26"

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I am so happy with this back ground! But I am spending so much time working on them lately! I have decided to start charging for them in my future commissions! Its funny that I have never really been into doing landscapes just for a landscape. But since most of my photographs are taken outdoors, I think it just looks better with them. I know another artist who defines a pastel as a painting when the entire paper is covered in pastel... and it is a drawing if paper is left exposed. I can see that....