Pastels - Spontaneity

I've worked with many types of media from glass and porcelain to watercolour.
In each atmosphere is created through light and transparency.

Although pastels don't have the same transparency
 of those media,
 the juxtaposition of one pure colour 
next to another creates energy and vibrancy.

At the same time, layering of colours and textures and/or
 blending one colour brings subtlety into play.

But first and foremost pastels offer immediate results....
it's pure joy as a colorist 
to lay down one colour next to another 
and let them play off each other.

This inherent spontaneity allows the artist  to easily 
experiment with a variety of ideas....
which is fun .......
and that's what I hope 
my explorations are all  about!

In this example of the Presquile shoreline 

I was again studying the patterns found in nature.