Here are a few pastel studies from Tony Allain's Pastel Workshop on the Cape. I love Tony's work, so it was great to see his demo's and get his advice.The biggest takeaway was to simplify values, in order to paint bolder, with fewer strokes. Tony's a master of this -- everything from his
sketchbooks to his demo's drive this point home.
We did several exercises:
- Exercise #1: paint an object in 100 strokes (paint tube).
- Exercise #2: paint a crowd of people using a technique he shared (NYC street scene).
- Exercises #3: (night scene, marsh)... can't remember the specific point, but the result is bolder, and I guess that's the goal!
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