tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122325507313283729.post7589177920115306645..comments2023-06-01T14:26:11.349-07:00Comments on Total Illusion Studio : Sakura Carre pastels... first attempt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122325507313283729.post-52659271979076147132009-03-17T09:55:00.000-07:002009-03-17T09:55:00.000-07:00Hi, Cristina!Yes, this particular work was done wi...Hi, Cristina!<BR/>Yes, this particular work was done with "dry" pastels. When I trued pastels first time (more then half of my life ago), we only had one brand available, and it was chalk pastels. I like them, but had a hurd time to put them on my paper, so my mentor recommended me to try a sand paper instead (what i successfully took from my dad's garage). Sand paper worked fine. As for this particular painting, I had a chance to get a set of Sakura dry pastels very cheap, about 10% of what they normally cost. So I did. I tried them out and ran into my old problem - they were not soft enough to go on regular pastel paper. Then I got a few pages of Colourfix, what was recommended me to try with my OPs and decided to try it out with my Dry Sakura (Neuvel Carre). This is a result of it. Colorfix did the job! Right now I went one step frothier and working on two similar paintings from the same reference image - one in OPs and another one in traditional pastels (Sakura + few others). I will have it posted here as work progresses.<BR/>Thank You for your interest! :-)Tatianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611613890032847832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122325507313283729.post-36229680845242725212009-03-17T00:45:00.000-07:002009-03-17T00:45:00.000-07:00It is a very good work, I like your style very muc...It is a very good work, I like your style very much :) I understand you used soft (chalk) pastels this time? In that case you dont need to worry about more colors, they are quite easy to mix :)Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894966937268137385noreply@blogger.com