Summer Skies 02

In this example

 I'm experimenting

 with a brilliant orange

 underpainting.

 

Sharbot Sunrise Step 01

 

 I've used UArt sanded paper.

The surface allows

 you to use a wet under painting.

 

Sharbot Sunrise Step 02

Because pastel

 is an opaque medium

 most of the under painting

 will disappear.

It will show through 

here and there 

giving  warmth 

to the overall 

composition.

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Sharbot Sunrise Final

A variety of pastels

the usual suspects....

Unison, Richeson Sennelier, Rembrandt.!

 

Summer Skies 01

As October colour gives way

 to November's

gray and gloomy skies, 

I'm looking back to summer

for a series

 based my on my earlier 

sky photos and sketches.

This first was an August morning 

that started overcast and moody.

But as the sun warmed the air

 over the lake

dramatic clouds 

gave way to a brilliant sun. 

Loughborough Lake

I used Uart sanded paper

as I wanted to build up 

 layers of subtle colour 

 and cloudy textures....

not very visible in the photo!