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Debra Jones · 08-19-2009, 01:44 PM

Thank you for your comment.

I was very enlightened in that first try. I spent a few hours (online, which is a pain) looking at her work and I think, for the show, I will work up a Rockwell style! I got more comments to that effect! However, I have my sticks out and am thinking what is right and what is wrong.

I did another, trying to key it much higher and work on the longer strokes. This is on watercolor paper, a favorite technique of my own, but not very Cassatt. I also am doing myself a disservice by using only my personal favorite NuPastels instead of the boxes of rich soft pastels the project needs. The more I work, the more I see the technique.

SO again, this is not a Cassatt but I think someone might mistake it for a bad Degas?

08-19-2009, 01:44 PM	#2
Debra Jones Juried Member Featured in Pastel Journal Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 457	Thank you for your comment. I was very enlightened in that first try. I spent a few hours (online, which is a pain) looking at her work and I think, for the show, I will work up a Rockwell style! I got more comments to that effect! However, I have my sticks out and am thinking what is right and what is wrong. I did another, trying to key it much higher and work on the longer strokes. This is on watercolor paper, a favorite technique of my own, but not very Cassatt. I also am doing myself a disservice by using only my personal favorite NuPastels instead of the boxes of rich soft pastels the project needs. The more I work, the more I see the technique. SO again, this is not a Cassatt but I think someone might mistake it for a bad Degas? Attached Images __________________ http://dog-a-dayartblog.blogspot.com/ Because some people have four legs.