April 30, 2019
One question that all artists struggle with from time to time is how to keep those juices flowing. My answer is to go to the most direct and simple art making approach in my arsenal. For me that’s pastel on paper.
Okay guys, here’s one for the techies – Sennelier and Unison soft pastel on Somerset Velvet Black printmaking paper. I’ve tried dozens of papers and pastels and this combination works every time for me. Will it work for you? Well, only you can answer that question.
If I don’t have a painting in mind on a given morning, I’ll grab a few pastels and a bunch of paper and knock out sketches until the light bulb switches on! It may be the subject matter, the line of the horizon, or an intriguing color relationship, but at some point in my sketching practice the light bulb WILL switch on. It always has. So far.
Go have fun!
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall Noice
The photo of the pastels is so attractive it made me feel I need to go and start making something too.