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In reply to the discussion: I'm an amateur painter who likes to paint with soft pastels [View all]Perseus
(4,341 posts)9. I figured it out...always happens
Very nice, you do quality work. I admire people who work on pastel, I can't do it, mostly because I am impatient, oil allows me to be impatient.
I recommend you look for Daniel Greene http://www.danielgreeneartist.com/ he is one of the best contemporary artists today, so is his wife, Wende Caporale, and they both work a lot with pastel. Greene does amazing work on pastel, and oil as well, his work is almost photographic.
His and her videos are very good, worth watching.
You do very quality work, congratulations, keep at it, what has made the greats great is that they never stopped.
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It's all my work. I've been studying with different artists and so my paintings reflect that.
LiberalLoner
Feb 2019
#8
Thank you all so so so much! I am overwhelmed! When I posted this I thought
LiberalLoner
Feb 2019
#67
It's really fun! It's very messy though. My favorite pastels are Sennelier, you can get a good
LiberalLoner
Feb 2020
#75