I attended a pastel workshop given by Gil Dellinger in Lodi. Gil is one of the premier pastel artists in California and exhibits his work nationally and internationally. We are lucky to have him available for this workshop through Knowlton Gallery (one of my favorite galleries). Here he is demonstrating his pastel technique to the class. His completed pastel painting of Lake Louise is included below.
Below are my efforts in this class - somewhat different from my usual pastel paintings. I found it difficult to work from photographs I hadn't taken. Gil provided the class with excellent photos he had taken as subject matter (or we could bring in one of our own).
"Cows in Autumn" (9" x 12" pastel on Canson paper - Artist Janice L-H)
In this second painting - it was the first time I had worked with the sandpaper surfaced paper and it was from one of my own photos taken earlier.
"View from the Castella Moat" (9"x 12"pastel on Wallis paper - Artist Janice L-H)
My fingers got a little raw from using them to blend on this paper! Next time I need to invest in finger cots!
I hope that I will be able to work more like this on location - with a bit of my usual style added in!
Here are a couple of blog post by terrific local artists on painting from photo references:
Sergio Lopez and Terry Miura.
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