"twilight"

"twilight" 11" high x 22" wide

Assorted pastel on Uart 320

I have about a 45 minute to an hour drive home from from day job. I travel in a north westerly direction and during this time of the year , I am able to get a good view of the sunset. This really helps to make my drive home a little more bearable. I always have my Iphone ready to snap a quick photo as I drive along. I use these photos as a reference for my paintings. 

These are the photos I used as a reference for "twilight"

I am still working off those left over scraps of Uart 320. I love exploring the underpainting for my vision of the painting.

some progress photos

I have not used my Nupastel sticks for awhile. They are a hard pastel and great for sketching and blending The blue violet seemed the perfect color for the underpainting using these reference photos. I brushed the pastel in with some alcohol. When that was dry , I added some pumice gel with a bristle brush to areas of the painting where I wanted more texture. When the pumice gel was dry I started laying in the dark colors of the landscape and the some of the lighter colors of the sky. These paintings are a lot of fun to do, no pressure to make a perfect painting, but I love exploring the possibilities of the underpainting. Then I usually spend a few hours finishing up the painting. Most times I let it sit on the easel for a day or so, so that  I can come back , have a look and and then put in the final marks.  These ideas sometimes end up as ideas for larger paintings.  I'm trying to push myself to work on larger scale paintings. 

Hope you enjoy, and please,  comments are always welcome!

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