More Skies

After a couple of quick pastel sketches 

of a rather moody day at Presquile P.P.

I decided to look at one of the masters of sky painting 

 Edward Seago.

 

 These  2 pastels are done on smooth grey pastel paper.

 I like the ability to easily create a soft blending of colours.

I also like to see the base colour showing through, 

a detail not evident in the photos.

Exploring Skies in Pastel

One of the best places to study skies 

(in my heavily wooded environment) 

means going to the lakeshore.

Last summer I took many photos 

of these skies 

in a variety of climate conditions.

Warm spring weather has yet to arrive 
so the spectacular sunsets 
have a special appeal for study!

  

After doing a few watercolour sketches 

I combined the brilliance of the second photo

 with the sweeping clouds of the first.

The actual composition was found

 by zooming in and then cropping the first photo.

Do feel the warmth?