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| 'Moody Marsh' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $145 |
In the first 7 minute video I talked about how I choose pastels for a painting. I put my working palette into a butcher tray so that I am working with a limited palette. Having ALL of my pastels available when I paint is a recipe for color chaos!
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| Choosing pastels for a painting |
Steps to choosing a working palette
- Do a small black and white thumbnail.
- Decide on main colors (color scheme) I usually choose by intuition but will sometimes consult a color wheel.
- Test main colors on the thumbnail or scrap paper.
- Once main colors are selected I add them to a tray and choose the remainder of the pastels.
- I add the pastels to the tray and keep them grouped by LANDSCAPE ELEMENT.
- I usually consider VALUE first then color. Local color if used at all comes last. I think about layering color.
- I start adding colors to the tray by selecting my darkest values for the darkest parts of the painting . I usually choose 4-5 pastels of the same value for the darks.
- Then I select the LIGHTS. In a landscape this is usually the sky. I keep them in the 'sky pile'
- Then I select pastels for the remaining elements of the scene....distant trees, grass, flowers, etc. I also choose middle value pastels to layer under any grass. This is the dirt.
That's it! Now I have a limited palette that keeps me out of trouble. If I need to add more pastels I will add them to the tray so I can keep track and try to reuse rather than reach for a new pastel.
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| The pastels selected for today's painting |
3 comments:
That was a great demo. I would love to see you, in a future demo, return later and make your final spice marks on video with some discussion about your thoughts after moving away and thinking about it for a bit.
Loved your video again. I like what Christy said about your spice marks. I would love to see the finished product on the video if you can do it.
I am so grateful to you both for the time you spend bringing us these. Thank you.
Thank you!!! I appreciate your watching the video and for your suggestions. I don't know how to show the finish on the video without making it too long! I really do need to walk away before I make the final marks. Facebook Live doesn't let you pick up where you left off. It starts a new video. The only other way to show the finishing marks would be to do a video that I film and edit.(not a live demo) It really is too time consuming to do that every week. I will always post the finished painting on my blog. Thanks again for watching!!
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