This is a watercolour I did a while ago but wasn’t satisfied with. I had already cropped out the top of the painting leaving just the foreground stream but it wasn’t enough. While I liked specific areas, the overall painting was dead. I had gone back in too many times and killed the colours … I should learn. I didn’t want to toss it but neither did I want to display it anywhere, so I took my pastels to it. I went in slowly, and just kept going and this is th
e result. It is on Arches 240 lb cold pressed paper and there was enough tooth to take the pastels. The texture of the paper helped to give the sparkle which I felt was fortuitous although I may need to adjust the sparkle in the upper centre. I also need to do something about the red in the upper left corner but I think I am otherwise pleased with the transformation. I have had it sitting on the easel for a few days now and I believe it’s done …. I think.
it looks like a new painting!
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It does doesn’t it. I have other watercolours that might benefit from the addition of some pastel. And in beginning a new pastel I am following Richard McKinley’s approach of doing a watercolour underpainting first. It makes it so much easier for me to get started on that glaring blank paper.
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