I was fooling around with watercolor underpaintings today – the painting on the right was first, with watercolor washes put in and then dark and warm areas highlighted with pastel pencils. I decided it was too linear and harsh-looking so I put the whole thing in the sink and washed it off, letting the color flow wherever. The underpainting on the left is the final one. I like the softness of the edges and will try to keep that feeling in my pastel layering. I might even let the composition morph into something non-representational.
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- Connecticut Pastel Society 17th Annual National Exhibition “Renaissance in Pastels,” The Mattatuck Museum, 114 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT October 1 – 24, 2010
- Audubon Artists 68th Annual Exhibition 2010, Salmagundi Art Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY September 13 – October 1, 2010
- Pastel Society of America 38th Annual Open Juried Exhibition “Pastels Only,” The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY September 7 – October 2, 2010
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