| Painting Olsen's Pears Click to Close Window please wait for the display Three steps showing the technique of combining pastel with watercolor. |
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| Olsen's Pears 16" x 13", 2004 |
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| The three steps showing the technique of combining pastel with watercolor. |
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| Step 1 - The initial sketch is blocked in loosely with pastel. |
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| Step 2 - More layers are added with watercolor washed in during three stages. First, I painted the dark blue background. Then, when that was dry, I added the green in varying degrees for all the pears. After it dried, I finally added the blush colors and cerulean blue patches on the shadowed sections of the pears. |
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| Step 3 - I defined the pears by sharpening the contrast and finally adding details. |
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| I think it helps me to have a limited time to complete a painting. It leaves no time to pick and poke at it. It stays fresh and not overworked. This is one of my favorite paintings for that reason. | |||||
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