Pastel Portraits | self-imagesportraits

BOUT PASTEL

Essentially dry paint, pastel can be vibrant and bold, or soft and diffused. I like to let the strokes speak for themselves. I work on sanded paper that grabs a lot of the medium, and rarely smudge the pastels. Instead, I layer color over color, creating the illusion of blended color and tremendous depth.

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Widow Selfie Medal of Honor, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 2020 Pastel on sanded paper	When We Still Had Hope Pastel on sanded paper
Expecting Silas	Say 'Cheese' Pastel on sanded paper, Kuilapalayam, India
Paloma Pastel on sanded paper	Anastasia Pastel on sanded paper
Molly's World Pastel on fine sanded paper	The Flower Girl Pastel on sanded paper
Zaria Pastel on sanded paper	Virginia Pastel on sanded board
Buvaneshwari Pastel on sanded paper, Kuilapalayam, India	Watching Her Wed Pastel on sanded paper
Revathy Pastel on sanded paper	The Brick Maker Pastel on sanded paper
Beggar at the Temple Pastel on sanded paper, Kuilapalayam, India	Foggy and Caroleigh Pastel on sanded paper
Fran and Tinman Pastel on sanded paper	Zulu Interagro Pastel on sanded paper
Astyages Interagro Pastel on sanded paper

BOUT PASTEL

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Widow Selfie

Medal of Honor, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 2020 Pastel on sanded paper

When We Still Had Hope

Pastel on sanded paper

Expecting Silas

Say 'Cheese'

Pastel on sanded paper, Kuilapalayam, India

Paloma

Pastel on sanded paper

Anastasia

Pastel on sanded paper

Molly's World

Pastel on fine sanded paper

The Flower Girl

Pastel on sanded paper

Zaria

Pastel on sanded paper

Virginia

Pastel on sanded board

Buvaneshwari

Pastel on sanded paper, Kuilapalayam, India

Watching Her Wed

Pastel on sanded paper

Revathy

Pastel on sanded paper

The Brick Maker

Pastel on sanded paper

Beggar at the Temple

Pastel on sanded paper, Kuilapalayam, India

Foggy and Caroleigh

Pastel on sanded paper

Fran and Tinman

Pastel on sanded paper

Zulu Interagro

Pastel on sanded paper

Astyages Interagro

Pastel on sanded paper