I haven’t used soft pastels in quite awhile, having concentrated on building my skills in oil, but there’s a call for entries for a new Pastel Artists Canada show coming up at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island (Vancouver) in the spring, so I thought I’d get back in the saddle with this nude. The background texture is rice paper, applied after the main figure was nearly complete. The texture isn’t quite as evident in the ‘in the flesh’ painting as it is in the photo, but it adds a nice textural element and something a little different. Creating the illusion of sun shining through the towel was my favourite challenge, along with the tattoo on the model’s back.
Sun Dried, pastel on textured paper, 27 x 22