pastel on pastelmat
private collection
actual size 18"X22"
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Done! Signed, sealed and delivered! Literally!! This was for a local friend/client... so I did not have to ship it! She loved it! Actually after I took this photo I went back and nit-picked it some more... mostly the bay horse's chest area... it was not very distinct in the photo. And I think I have it a little too yellow brown instead of a reddish brown... But that is just me! Also played with the tree on the left some and the background in general.
I think I like this paper... it has its good points and a few bad points. Good points... the color quality is wonderful. I love that I can use pastel pencils on it. The quality of line is also good. One draw back is that I have to be careful not to load the paper up too much.... then I lose that wonderful line quality. And it smudges rather easily... even with spraying with a fixative. But the pastel does not seem to come off...
My next project is of two little boys on a fence. It will be the first one I will be doing without dry mounting.... and it is the first one of people on this surface.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Frances Boys Pastel #9
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Frances Boys Pastel #8
pastel on clairefontaine pastelmat
private collection
actual size 19"X26"
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Almost there....
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Frances Boys Pastel #7
pastel on pastelmat
private collection
actual size 18"X22"
www.djfitzgerald.com
I am still enjoying this paper!!! It is better if I can stay fresh with my pastels. Which is a little hard for me when doing horses... especially the chest and neck areas. I like to build up the pastels for that richness that I like so much. And when those areas are shadowed it is that much harder.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Frances Boys Pastel #6
private collection
actual size 18"X22"
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The chestnut horse is pretty much done... but I will go back and touch up some things in the end. Right now I can see that I need to work on the left side of his neck some more... it pops out instead of going back. And I want to go back and work on both of his forearms... the black is a little too intense. Some of that is the photograph. But it needs to be toned down a notch. Now working on the bay horse....
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Frances' Boys Pastel #5
pastel on pastelmat
private collection
actual size 18"X22"
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Almost done with the chestnut... still working on his neck and chest.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Frances' Boys Pastel #4
pastel on pastelmat
private collection
actual size 18"X22"
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Love the way the reins turned out. In the original photo Frances is holding the reins up. I had to go into the memory banks for the million of times I have painted or done reins in pastel to come up with these. I will be doing that for the bay horse too!
