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Soft Pastels on Suede Matboard
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Jefferson Memorial
Our current challenge on the Different Strokes From Different Folks blog is painting the Jefferson Memorial at night. I was happy to try my hand at this, as I think pastels are perfect for this sort of painting. I blocked in the shapes and refined from there, finishing the painting relatively quickly. Unfortunately, I've spent many more hours photographing and playing with it in Photoshop than I did painting it, and I still can't seem to get the colors to show up accurately. It is more vibrant in person, but this is as close as I can get to the original.
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16 comments:
hellò Kari, ho visto le tue opere, sono molto belle.... di un grande senso artistico. Mi farebbe piacere se dai uno sguardo al mio blog.
Ciao
Thank you, Gianlucio. I appreciate the compliment! I will take a look at your blog. :)
this is gorgeous! I want to try a suede matboard now.
Thanks, Sheila! I highly recommend trying the suede matboard. I'm totally hooked on it!
I love the softness of the pastels! I've not tried pastels yet, but your work makes me want to really bad. Beautiful work! (:
Thank you, Christy! I love pastels. They are so fun to work with. But beware if you try, they are addictive!
Love it!
Thanks, Torrie!
very nice soft feel and well done.
Thanks, Dominique! :)
Very stately and gorgeous!! Suede board...hmmm...Love pastels but don't use them very often...
Thanks, Theresa!
This is so beautiful!!
I have never tried suede matboard. Got to check it out.
Thanks, Akiko!
Hello Kari,
Your pastel work is beautiful; I just took a look at your website; love your many portratis!
Thank you, Angela!:)
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