I began teaching my regular classes this week at Washington ArtWorks and started out with a demo of trees. I wanted to cover both green and fall trees and found a photo with both. I did an underpainting with hard pastel. Under the greens, I used violets; and under the warm colors, I used greens.  This worked out pretty well and I mixed both violet and green pastel into the painting as I progressed with it.  I began with Giraults and added soft pastels only at the end, and in the sky.  This was a one hour demo that was not completed until the afternoon.  I had a lot of fun doing this painting. Now I have to find another photo to use for tomorrow’s class.

Autumnal Awakening, 12 x 19, UART 400