by Carol McIntyre on 2/2/2010 1:25:32 PM
Pastel layout in my studio
Because Tika will be joining PeeWee, and later two other black lab sisters, on the wall in Kirsten & Joe's home, I want to paint all four Memory Portraits in the same color palette. As I mentioned before, I use color schemes based on the color opposites - red/green, blue/orange or yellow/purple. The color scheme for these four ladies is the red/green palette.
For fun, I thought you might like to see all, or rather nearly all, of my pastels. I have no idea how many there are, but if you feel like counting them, let me know! This layout demonstrates an investment in time and money. Pastels come in various degrees of hardness and softness, as well as nearly every shade in the universe. Are they not beautiful displayed like this? 
Pastel artists arrange their pastels in many different ways. Mine happens to be by color family and within that by values (light to dark). It can be quite over whelming to choose the "right" color for every stroke. We cannot mix colors, other then by layering, hence the need for lots of colors and shades. The pastel sticks you see along the edge of the counter, are the pastels I used in PeeWee's Memory Portrait. I also have a shelf on my easel for putting the sticks I am using for a particular painting. It would drive my crazy if I put each pastel back and then tried to find it again. (By the way, my counter is an old door that I cleaned up and attached to used counter height cabinets.)
Which hue family do you like the best? Did you have any idea that pastel artists had color palettes like this?
...to be continued.
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