A couple years ago I took a pastel workshop at the Villages Folk School and I hoped to get back into creating at least once in a while. But still too active with the kid's schedule. Now that he's almost done with high school and doing his own thing most of the time, I decided I would try to make some time to do it again. My first go is Lia...
I'm generally pleased with it. Her right eye is maybe a little too far from her nose. The hair was very difficult for me. I actually did her face first, then put it away for about a month because her beautiful curls scared me.
I realized I could maybe get some good advice about painting pastel portraits from books and scoured my local library with scant results. While ordering some holiday gifts I did a little shopping of my own and bought a used copy of John Singer's "How to Paint Portraits in Pastel".
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