Welcome Ivy!
Ivy found her way under the wharf at a very low tide to complete a plein air pastel of the underside of the walkway, highlighting the piers, which are set to be replaced. Although long overdue, they served their purpose for many years and she wanted to capture that before they were replaced.
Ivy usually starts with a vivid underpainting of pastels applied, as seen in the first photo below, left, that is wetted down with mineral spirits. When pastels are wetted down they revert to wet paint and you use a brush to manipulate it just like watercolor, but when it dries, it turns back into a chalk like dry medium. Then you use pastel sticks to work over this base for the finished look as in the second photo below right.
Ivy found her way under the wharf at a very low tide to complete a plein air pastel of the underside of the walkway, highlighting the piers, which are set to be replaced. Although long overdue, they served their purpose for many years and she wanted to capture that before they were replaced.
Ivy usually starts with a vivid underpainting of pastels applied, as seen in the first photo below, left, that is wetted down with mineral spirits. When pastels are wetted down they revert to wet paint and you use a brush to manipulate it just like watercolor, but when it dries, it turns back into a chalk like dry medium. Then you use pastel sticks to work over this base for the finished look as in the second photo below right.
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