You CAN teach an old
dog new tricks.
At age 55 plus, I learned how to operate a
computer. (I am getting pretty good at that now.) Two years
ago I learned about pastel painting. I have always loved to draw.
Pencils, crayons, chalk and charcoal became instruments of creativity in
my hand. But pastel, soft pastel, was like putting the end of a rainbow
at my fingertips. Pastel painting is a natural for someone who loves
to draw. The result is immediate! Todays soft pastels come
in all the basic shades of colors, and we now have the choice of "hot"
colors; pink, orange, lime green, bright blue and so on.
And, OH!, the joy when I pick up
a soft pastel stick and sweep it across the paper!
The manufacturers put together collections
for landscapes, or portraits, or dark colors, or general colors.
Pastels can be purchased in these sets, or one stick at a time.
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And, OH!, the joy when
I pick up a soft pastel stick and sweep it across the paper! I can
go wild with color. There is a brilliance like no other medium.
Pastels can be blended to be very smooth looking,
but most of the fun of the medium is to leave the strokes untouched and
not "fixed" with a spray fixative.
The completion of a painting leaves
me excited to start another.
Pastel painting gives me fast results.
A 12" X 16" piece an be completed in a few hours, scanned, color corrected,
and on the internet by the end of the day.
Pastel painting is fun! I love
to see those vivid colors explode in front of my eyes. The completion of
a painting leaves me excited to start another.
I'll always be a traditional seascape artist,
but working with pastels is like having your cake and eating it too!
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