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This was my very VERY first drawing with my new pastels.
You can't say I suffer from lack ambition or artistic appetite :D
For my very first hack at these mouthwatering bright multicoloured chalky sticks I picked a deceptively simple subject... These orchids don't look like much in scattered daylight, but once you put them under bright electric light... their petals EXPLODE in the most amazing SHIMMERING magenta purples that drop the jaw of even a staunch pink-and-purple-hater like me.
The challenge was to capture the EXACT iridescent shimmery magnificent colours on paper (and then digitally).
I cursed my ambition more than once and abandoned the project so many times that half of the flowers wilted off one by one by the time I was finished.
Finally drew the line in the sand and decided to stop redoing it!
Tried several brands and types of pastels to see what they can do. Used several pastel fixatives - with completely DISASTROUS results. (Heed my warning: do NOT use Grumbacher's Tuffilm or Krylon fixatives on pastels no matter what the cans say!)
Had to completely redo this at least four times. Took me almost 3 months of stop-and-go work.
Finally finished it, coated with a light spray of SpectraFix fixative. Still a #$% to photograph.
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*jessicassketchbook Mar 29, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:clap: I very much admire your persistence with this. It looks great, and I'm sure the original is even better than this digital copy.
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~LuthienneTinuvielle Mar 29, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you kindly, I appreciate this!
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~Brandyrose Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I love this. Love the colors, you've blended really well, but also shown texture to each petal.
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~LuthienneTinuvielle Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you so much! Glad you like it :-)
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~Brandyrose Mar 23, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Very welcome!
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*ArtBYbeverly Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Gosh, very lovely work and for your first...bravo :clap: The only thing that makes me cringe slightly is your term of multicolored chalks as your "new pastels" Most hard pastels do have a binder vehicle in them, but soft pastels if they are of professional grade, are pure pigment with no binders, that's what makes them so beautifully soft and pure. I know its rather a minor point, but I would hate to think that people just think pastels are nothing but colored chalk, since I'm so passionate about them :lol:

I love your work, so vibrant, and you've captured the shimmer beautifully!! well done!
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~LuthienneTinuvielle Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you so much, dear!
I know, I said it as a joke - I felt like a kid in a candy store looking at my F-Cs, Polychromous, Giocondas and Senneliers, and now at NuPastels and Schminckes as well. But also to distinguish the "chalk" pastels from the oil pastels. I strongly prefer to work with the "dry" media, though may someday try the oil pastels, too.
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Mood: Joy *ArtBYbeverly Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You're welcome :) Ah, I didn't realize, sorry it was a light hearted sentimental remark I made anyway, just because of my love of them :) Yes, I use the NuPastels to block in and do some fine details with those and both derwent and prismacolor pastel pencils...then use Great American art works, sennilier, schminckes etc for final touches and punches of color :) I haven't tried the oil's yet, I actually prefer, like you the dry pastels.

I have used pastel washes with the hard pastels for some of my backgrouns...it adds a kind of watercolor wash without the brush strokes, and dries to a soften pastel state :)
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~LuthienneTinuvielle Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You are a wealth of info - thank you so much for all the technical details! <3<3<3 Gods know I can use all the help I can get ;-)
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*ArtBYbeverly Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Lol, thanks...I have some years under my belt and I read and like to learn different techniques :) Well, I think you're doing just fine...especially if this was your first doodle with pastels :)
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