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Sharon Knettell · 10-21-2002, 07:59 AM

Beth, I think you have gotten a great 101 in pastel here, one more thought. Pastel is messy and, on paper sometimes unforgiving, so I do quick color studies before I proceed. I rough them out quickly on the same color background I wish to use. I then work on them until the have a feeling of light and a good basic color harmony. I then take lines to various areas of the study and mark the color used. They are quite unlike the beautiful old master studies I have seen before, but they are a great help.

Sometime when I am stuck for value or color, I take a scrap of pastel paper and with a smudge of color on it, hold it up to my figure, photo, whatever, to check it out.

10-21-2002, 07:59 AM	#13
Sharon Knettell Approved Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,730	Another el tippo Beth, I think you have gotten a great 101 in pastel here, one more thought. Pastel is messy and, on paper sometimes unforgiving, so I do quick color studies before I proceed. I rough them out quickly on the same color background I wish to use. I then work on them until the have a feeling of light and a good basic color harmony. I then take lines to various areas of the study and mark the color used. They are quite unlike the beautiful old master studies I have seen before, but they are a great help. Sometime when I am stuck for value or color, I take a scrap of pastel paper and with a smudge of color on it, hold it up to my figure, photo, whatever, to check it out.