Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Pastel cat on Pastelmat

I wanted to compare pastel and coloured pencil on Pastelmat. I also wanted to see how colours worked on the black as I always feel that black Stonehenge has a deadening effect on colours.
Here's a few stages in a little demo I did.

I like the pastel, the colours stay vibrant, at least for now, I'll revisit in a few days



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7 comments:

  1. Dibujando...ando4:00 PM

    Thank you for sharing your experience with the world Gayle. This is a great demo which can help me to improve my skill.

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  2. Teresa5:41 PM

    This is gorgeous already! Are you using stick pastels or pencil pastels?

    Thanks!

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  3. suessketchblog2:39 AM

    Georgeous, the black really makes the colours sing

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  4. Gayle Mason11:26 AM

    Thanks everybody.
    Teresa I'm using soft pastels rather than pastel pencils

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  5. Dean Grey3:55 AM

    I love the way this is turning out!

    And to be quite honest, I think the cat looks super cool "unfinished" against the black/gray background.

    So neat!!

    -Dean

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  6. Teresa11:58 AM

    Thank you... just saw a more recent version and....... like all of your work...... Wow!

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  7. Unknown1:02 AM

    Thank you Gayle for sharing this. very interesting tutorial.
    I have just tried pastel pencils and I don't really care for them. I like the soft pastel sticks. but find it hard to do fine detail with them. Just learning here. :)

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