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| 'Autumn Glory' 12x9. pastel ©Karen Margulis available on Etsy. $165 |
The problem is I no longer have any idea what I was trying to paint. The reference are long gone and forgotten. Not really a problem! It is actually a gift. Now I can look at the underpainting and let it speak to me. What does it suggest? What do the colors want to do? What does this underpainting want to be?
It is clear to me that this underpainting wants to be some yellow trees. So I took out my fall foliage photos and chose one with warm autumn colors. I decided to go with autumn golden trees with a dark background. I didn't really look at the photos to paint rather I let the underpainting guide my shapes and my imagination did the rest! It was fun to let the underpainting guide me and I can't wait to do the next one!
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| An oil stain underpainting |
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| close up detail |
3 comments:
The painting is stunning! I've been out of pastels for years, doing watercolor and acrylic, but following your work has inspired me to pick up my pastels again. Isn't it wonderful that they don't go bad, lol!
Hi Karen, I just wanted to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed many of your videos and I find your work incredibly awesome. I used to resent pastels (like all dry media except for charcoal), but apparently they can create very beautiful, unique, and expressive artwork. Cheers.
Beautiful work Karen. I often find I'm very tied to not only the reference photo but also the "idea" I had in mind when I envision what the finished painting would look like. But yet I love the expressiveness and looseness people achieve when they let go of these things. I suppose its a work i progress, absolutely love your fall foliage painting!
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