This one is a completely new direction, a pastel landscape. Of course I have done landscapes before, but not in pastel. I really enjoyed the freedon of not having to capture an exact likenesss as I try to do when doing animals, so from that point of view I think it is a success. I will definately be doing more of these.
Both soft pastels and pastel pencils on Fisher 400 sandpaper. Size about A3.
Wow, Bev! That's very striking, very different and, I can imagine, very marketable! Even as a small icon on my blog list it caught my eye. You could certainly get the 'contemporary' galleries that usually shun our sort of work interested in that!
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at your talent, Bev! Have you done book illustration? The work is faultless!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant Bev, so different to your usual syle and I think very marketable.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nolon, There are a couple of local galleries I will try, you never know.....
ReplyDeleteMarie, thank you, no I have not done any book illustrations, tho I have done other illustrative work.
Pauline thanks, I enjoyed the freedom of it and of course the colours just leapt out at me. I need to see if I can repeat the style.
hi Bev
ReplyDeletevery original and eyecatching - beautiful work
As the others have said - this is very eyecatching Bev. I do love Fisher 400 paper for pastels don't you? Its also easy to put a watercolour wash down as background if you want to speed things up :o)
ReplyDeleteI Love it Bev, it's really different for you and I can see a new direction being successful too (sound like a fortune teller now!) Really, you should do more like this. The tree looks almost like he's dancing and swaying even if he is supposed to be dead, in fact, I can almost see his eyes looking out at me, lol.
ReplyDeleteGail x