(Semi-nude): Dry pastel

Oils, collage and mixed media are my usual materials, but I recently got a set of 100 Talens Rembrandt dry pastels and tried them out this week. Sorry for the crappy iPhone photo! :hi:

She does look rather, um, transported!

You have such great gifts...

Thank you!

And thank you for the link!

On edit to add:

:hug:

I think she's listening to one of your poems. ;)

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read about your pic in MissH's morning thread so I had to come over there and take a look.

Your first attempt at dry pastels? Wow! Now I'm even more impressed.

You are very talented and I enjoy your work.

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It took me a long time to getting around to trying dry pastels. I've used oil pastels -- hate 'em, NOTHING like oil paints. But the soft, dry pastels are so smooth and lush. It's kinda hard to make crap with them. :rofl:

I like it....lots

And, as you know, I'm a longtime fan of your work. :hi:

I've only done one picture in pastels. Years and years ago there was this movie called Nekromantik about a tow truck driver on the German Autobahn who would take bodies from accident scenes and bring them home for him and his girlfriend to have sex with (there's a great scene where she leaves him...and takes the body). My friend and I watched it together and then I went home a drew a pic of necrophilia in pastels...and the funny thing is my friend was inspired to do one in charcoal that night as well. There's no telling what will inspire people. :crazy:

Needless to say, yours probably has more artistic merit (though dead bodies in pastels works pretty well, I have to say). I'd post it but it would probably get me banned. :evilgrin:

Your pic is really amazing work. I really struggle when working with color, but you clearly have it down.

Big thumbs up. :thumbsup:

That makes it easier to not screw it up. I envy you that you can see values in black and white. I have some kind of brain-to-eyes disconnect that way. x(

Thank you for your kind words, Forkboy. :hug: