Living near Lake Erie has given me an appreciation of the beauty and
sometimes violet nature of the lake, but it’s always been the sunsets
that are the most dramatic. For some reason I never seem to have the
camera with me at the right moment so when I saw a friend post a picture
of a sunset along the lake on her Facebook page, I just had to ask her
if I could use it. Thank you Tracy!
I also tried a new surface
with the Colorfix Supertooth paper and like it well enough since it
allows for a couple more layers of pastel and it has a much softer
texture; however, it doesn't go as far as Wallis Paper. Pastels include
the usual Unisons and Ludwigs and the under drawing was done using
Faber-Castell pastel pencils. I also used a few of the very warm colors
in the Ludwig Plen Air set to make those shadows in the foreground
vibrate. I probably took the greatest amount of time trying to recreate
that dramatic sky leaving me to wonder why something as soft and simple
looking as a sky can be so complicated. This must be the smallest pastel
work that I’ve done yet and have to say that it’s great to have a piece
that I actually like that isn’t so large and didn’t take so many hours
to complete.
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Lakeside Sunset, 9x11"
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