this is my piece for the October Virtual Sketch – once again I kind of ran out of time, so feel like I rushed it. Vowing to commit more time at an earlier time next time …
Soft Pastel done on super fine sand paper, measures 8″ x 5″
Three Pears – Virtual Sketch October – Pastel
October 25th, 2008 · 26 Comments
Tags: Art
26 responses so far ↓
1 Joanie // Oct 25, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Great painting….especially love the vibrancy of the green. Like how you cropped and changed the colors up. Very harmonious.
2 Andy // Oct 26, 2008 at 1:50 am
Hi Regina, great colours and I really like how you’ve adapted the reference. Pastels of any kind are out of my comfort zone so I respect anyone who gets such a good result with them. Well done.
3 Vivienne // Oct 26, 2008 at 2:07 am
I like your choice of colour, especially against this soft background, which reminds me of doves’ feathers .. so pretty. The marks made with the pastels give the fruit strength and interest, I think, against the blended background.
4 laine lea // Oct 26, 2008 at 4:11 am
Great pears! Sand paper -hummmm !!! I imagine the texture is really interesting. Enjoyed your blog.
5 cathyswatercolors // Oct 26, 2008 at 6:48 am
Nice cool colors and a great crop
6 Kathleen // Oct 26, 2008 at 7:37 am
Regina – I love your pears in pastel-yes mine were really crayon but I usually work in pastels and color pencil also – ( my blog is mostly about my efforts to learn to sketch and use watercolor)- I am missing pastels I just love yours!
Break in the Clouds and the step by step is also very nice – I love the trees in your banner too.
P.S. was it Wallis paper or something else?
7 The Tile Lady-Marie // Oct 26, 2008 at 7:56 am
This is a lovely colored pencil version of the pears! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and commenting on my drawing, as well. This is my first time with Virtual Sketch, and I am really enjoying it!
8 The Tile Lady-Marie // Oct 26, 2008 at 7:58 am
Oh, Regina, I forgot to answer your question–yes, this is charcoal. I hadn’t done a charcoal drawing in about thirty years!
9 Carolyn // Oct 26, 2008 at 8:08 am
Thanks Regina. I really like your pastel version too, especially the way it is cropped. I never heard of using pastels on sand paper before.
10 Jeanette // Oct 26, 2008 at 8:24 am
I like the cool colours in this. It makes it really stand out. Great work!
11 Jo C. // Oct 26, 2008 at 8:59 am
Very nice for a quick sketch! Love those pears.
12 Regina // Oct 26, 2008 at 10:03 am
Joanie – Thank you very much. It took me a while to find the greens I liked.
13 Regina // Oct 26, 2008 at 10:09 am
Andy – Thank you, and I loved your watercolor and the lavender that you used as an accent. Watercolors are very much beyond my comfort zone. Pastels forgive your mistakes, but watercolors turn up their nose and refuse to budge.
14 Regina // Oct 26, 2008 at 10:15 am
Vivienne – thanks for your comments. Once I started adding in the blue, I liked them much better.
15 Regina // Oct 26, 2008 at 10:18 am
Jeanette – thank you so much!
16 gail // Oct 26, 2008 at 10:37 am
Regina, I love the variation in the green colors and the shadows. Although a softer feel to it I can see the texture in the skin of the pears. Wonderful job! I wasn’t able to particpate this month..too much going on but I hope to see you next month.
gail
17 christine // Oct 26, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Regina, I love your composition and the rich texture of your pears!
18 Melissa Muirhead // Oct 26, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Really lovely interpretation. Really soft colours that work so well and I love the shadows.
19 Barbara Weeks // Oct 26, 2008 at 4:31 pm
I really like the texture on the pears. Nicely done.
20 Bluelilac // Oct 26, 2008 at 9:01 pm
I like the way you handled the background. The greens in the pears are pleasing and seem perfect.
21 Regina // Oct 26, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Kathleen – I love Wallis paper, but had heard somewhere about pastelists using fine sand paper. This sand paper would only take a few layers, barely, so I didn’t really like it. But it was good to experiment.
22 Nithya // Oct 27, 2008 at 2:09 am
I love the usage of blue in this, nice colors.
23 Stacy Rowan // Oct 27, 2008 at 8:48 am
Regina, I know that feeling about starting late. I was in the same boat this month. But that’s one of the things I like about the VSD. It pushes me to finish something that I might otherwise not even have started.
I like your neutral background, it really makes the color in the pears stand out.
24 Jeanne Grant // Oct 27, 2008 at 10:00 pm
I really like the blues in this. Makes it very dramatic.
25 Paulette // Oct 28, 2008 at 9:25 am
Nice work!
I like the colour contrast between the background and the pears.
26 Kari Gibson // Nov 1, 2008 at 3:38 am
I love your interpretation. Personally I adore using soft pastels on special pastel board that is like fine sandpaper, it takes the colour beautifully.
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