I
did my pastel work in the late 90's. I used hard pastels (Nu Pastel)
and pastel pencils on gray velour paper. Velour paper has a
'fuzzy' surface which is not conducive to detail work. I love detail
but used it anyway because it holds the dust however you cannot blend
after it is put on. I quit working working in pastel because of the
lack of standard colors, which meant that I had to use a lot of odd
colors on top of each other to achieve what I needed. This took extra
time and effort.
I thought at the time that if
standard colors
were ever produced that I might return to pastels. I discovered this
year that Nu Pastels has done so for the most part. Whether I return to
pastels remains to be seen. At the is time I am thinking I would like
to return to my old love of oils. |
