12"x15" pastel on La Carte Paper
Mostly I have been painting in a smaller format - 5"x7",6"x6" or 9"x12". I'm comfortable with these sizes. But I want to challenge myself with doing larger paintings. Today I pulled a piece of 12"x15" La Carte pastel paper…..ok I'm gradually getting larger! It's really cold outside - I needed cheering up , so I looked through my Gibbs Garden photos and picked these two spring photos.
reference photos
I have used these photos before for some 5"x7" studies. I had fun doing the studies and thought these might be something I could use for a series of paintings changing the mood and colors.
5"x7" pastel study on Uart
5"x7" pastel study on Uart
I had just loaded up my new "baby" Heilman pastel box with new Terry Ludwig pastels (plein air landscape and southeast landscape sets). Getting myself ready to do some plein air painting this year! I pulled out the box and decided to use them for this painting. It would be a good way to see if I needed to add or subtract to what is in the box. I used only what was in the box , but I'm sure I will be making some adjustments along the way.
my Hielman box
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