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Mary, thank you very much, but I do think you are being too kind. I know for a fact that I have a long way to go.
Cynthia, thanks! I've got a lot of different brands of pastels lying around. Most of this was done with pastel pencils (I'm still a control freak) - both "Pitt pastel" (Faber-Castell) and Cretacolor pencils. Then I used some Unisons - great pastels, "like buttuh!!" - for some deeper richer tones that the pencils could't match. I also might have used pastels from Artwork, Rembrandt, Schmincke...they were on my table. I didnt smudge at all, except for the background - I liked the texture I could achieve without smudging.
As for suggestions, I don't have any. I'm still trying to figure this medium out myself. I think every artist just needs to experiment and find out what turns them on. I would use Wallis or any other of the sanded papers out there. I've used charcoal paper and I don't think it holds up as well.
David
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