September Sunflowers
from the garden into the studio
I had a extra sheet of Fabriano pastel paper in poppy red so tried the still life on this
Working on composition (placing the subject), light yellow pastel and light with my touch
adding the lights without using my lightest colours, then working towards the dark
further along trying to get the details and forms
working with a heavier touch working the details and deepest dark, going deeper with my darks then my lightest light (but never using white)
eliminated the window from the background and finding the details
going deeper with all the values using deepest dark red and lightest pale yellow, dragging complimentary colour (blue greens) over the background to make the red poppy jump
September Sunflowers soft pastel 18 x 16"