Friday, October 10, 2008

The Wedding




I was with my art group on Thursday and one of the members had been to a work shop by Agata Latek. I hope I have written her name correctly. They painted black and white pastel pictures on brown paper. The image was blocked in and then methylated spirits was introduced on the paper to produce some interesting effects. Then the picture was reworked with detail. Well Janet in my class who had been to the workshop had produced a masterpiece and this inspired me to try something myself. It did not quite go to plan. The metho didn't run the pastel as well on colorfix paper and I was a little disappointed with the results. I am going to attempt again but on different paper.


The image for my painting came from a trip to the city on Sunday where some models were having thir photos taken in wedding clothes presumably to advertise the gowns. I caught these two looking on at the photoshoot from behind.

6 comments:

Sylvia Jenstad said...

What beautiful elegant painting... beautiful... I also love City Buskers... really cool

Holly Zemak said...

I give you credit for trying a new technique. Not always easy to do. Learning something new means you are stretching your boundaries. Beautiful work on the gown.

PastelGuy said...

Kay,

Don't change anything! It's great just the way it is. It's also great to see some new posts - you've been awfully quiet over there in your corner of the world!

magicmyst said...

Thanks for all the comments. I have been quiet Matthew. We have just had two weeks school holidays and went away for a week. I did do some sketching and obtained some material for more pictures. Looking forward to getting back in to it. I have art work at a couple of shows at present. The Pastel Society of Victoria have their annual show at the moment, which is an amazing standard.

Wendi. S. said...

Good on you Kay !! it looks great from here. love the theme too.

magicmyst said...

Thanks Wendi. Kay