Minja

 

 Soft pastel on paper. Size 15x20cm (6x8")

I finally bought a book by Ellen Eagle "Pastel Painting Atelier" and spend many evenings studying how she is doing those wonderful portraits. Ellen used to study under the guidance of the great pastel master Harvey Dinnerstain, which I also know as a teacher of other great portrait pastelist Sam Goodsell.

This portrait of my wife is the 6th version of the same pose and I finally liked the combination of the paper texture and the pastel application. The paper was gessoed cardboard, colored with gray green acrilycs. After the acrilyc dryed, 3 layers of Golden pastel primer were used to get the rough surface for pastel.

Ellen Eagle

Ellen Eagle

Harvey Dinnerstain

Sam Goodsell