I decided to sneak in a quick painting demo video the week. I had my paper and pastels ready and my music queued waiting for a daily painting. Why not film it! So I did a quick Facebook Live broadcast to some good music. I'd like to invite you to take a look. Visit my Facebook page to see the demo.
https://www.facebook.com/karen.margulis
Here are a few remarks about the demo:
- I am working from a photo I took last year at Wildseed Farm in Texas.
- The photo was my inspiration but It was not my intention to copy it.
- I am using a 16x20 piece of Canson Mi-Teintes paper in a dark brown color
- I am using Terry Ludwig pastels.
- I preselected my pastels and did a small study before painting.
- I used Blair workable fixative to give me more tooth on the Canson paper
- I am listening to Jesse Cook on Spotify.
- I had a great time painting!
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| 2.5x3.5 study |
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| reference photo |
4 comments:
Love the study you did. And final product was very comforting....love. Deb
Hi Karen! I just had a quick question for you. How do you take your pictures for your blog? Do you leave them unframed? Put a mat around them? I want to start chronicling my own pastel journey, so I just wanted to know the best way to take pics of my work. Thanks for the inspiration every day! Any plans in the works for a session at your studio this summer? I know you're extremely busy, but just thought I'd check in with you again. Happy painting!
Hi Jennifer! I don't do anything special. I take the photo of the painting while it is still up on my easel and I use the flash. I happen to have a good set up but you have to experiment to see what gives you the best results! I don't have plans for a summer session as of yet. Thanks for checking!
Thanks! I will try that!
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