Saturday, September 18, 2010

Singer!


After a long time I tried out soft pastels! the picture i saw of this teen age sensation made me sit up and try out the soft pastels...had some problems with the colours vanishing (a bit) when the fixative was sprayed...but the experience was enjoyable!
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23 comments:

  1. Virginia FloydSeptember 18, 2010 at 6:13 PM

    Very nice. I like all the deep shadows.

    I've never tried pastels. Still trying to learn to paint with oils.

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  2. Barbra JoanSeptember 18, 2010 at 7:58 PM

    Mr Anand, this is very impressive. The whole piece has a feeling to it that I think you captured so well. Pastels are not that easy I've tried my hand at it.. but go with just the pencil work..
    Thanks for your comment. its what keeps us going !

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  3. Barbra JoanSeptember 18, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    Mr. Anand, you've captured a good part of this work.. Pastels are not the easist, and this is an excellent piece. ... I'd like to see more. thanks for the comment on my blog . Its what pushes us to do more.

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  4. Elizabeth SeaverSeptember 19, 2010 at 2:58 AM

    Love the way she appears out of the dark into the light. Very effective.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 19, 2010 at 4:52 AM

    Pastels were the perfect medium for this scene. They add to the atmosphere! Good job!

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  6. PrabalSeptember 19, 2010 at 6:46 AM

    This is very beautiful. It has certain x factor..

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  7. Sandra BusbySeptember 19, 2010 at 7:41 AM

    This is really unusual and very good! :0) I had the same trouble with pastels losing there brightness when spraying them. What I do now, is very lightly spray at each stage, but I don't fix the top layer at all. I have also heard the spraying the reverse of the paper works - but I haven't tried that myself :0)

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  8. AKSeptember 19, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    This is fabulous. The theatrical lights have come out so nicely. Pastels was the ideal medium.

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  9. Cristina Dalla ValentinaSeptember 20, 2010 at 4:23 AM

    It's a very nice painting, Mr Anand, you are very talented with pastels, you must continue!

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  10. Anudeepa KadiresanSeptember 20, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    It's beautiful...the effects are well nicely done...and the expression in her is awesome Anand...

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  11. Carol Schiff Daily PaintingSeptember 21, 2010 at 3:52 AM

    Mr Anand, This is a very effective painting, the minute it came up on my screen, I got a little chill.

    I worked in pastel for years and fixatives are always a problem..they destroy the beautiful shimmer of pastel. The trick is to use them as seldom as possible, and as Sandra said, never on the last layer. Knock off the loose pastel by shaking the support..you really don't need that much fixative, use it lightly.

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  12. Fernando Santos (Chana)September 21, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    Belo trabalho...Excelente....
    Cumprimentos

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  13. Rama AnanthSeptember 22, 2010 at 3:26 AM

    I am not an artist, but I can say, what I am seeing is really beautiful.
    I have come to blog through Radhika's blog.

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  14. राष्ट्रार्पणSeptember 22, 2010 at 8:16 PM

    LIKED THE PAINTING. THE CURTAIN BEHIND HAS A VELVETY TOUCH. NICE BACKDROP. THE FIGURE AND PROPORTIONS ARE GOOD. OVERALL A GREAT PAINTING.

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  15. Rama AnanthSeptember 22, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Thanks Anand, looks like I have one more friend in the blogging world.

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  16. LeoviSeptember 23, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    Hermosa, solo falta que se escuche la música y la voz de la cantante.

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  17. SadamiSeptember 24, 2010 at 5:44 AM

    Dear Madabhusi Raman,
    Thank you for visiting my blog. You make lovely work! Full of joy and emotions. All tells me "stories." Please keep up.
    Kind regards, Sadami

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  18. hmuxoSeptember 24, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    You did such an amazing job with this pastel painting!! You did a great job with the shading of her hair...and love the rich blue color. Very well done Anand.

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  19. Liana YarckinSeptember 25, 2010 at 12:25 PM

    you do very well in pastels. great mood here.

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  20. PritiDecember 13, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    This is very well done, you should use pastels more often!

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  21. SKIZOMarch 27, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    BeautifulWorkThankYouForSharing:)

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  22. rabelSeptember 16, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    Beautiful.

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  23. junebugDecember 28, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    Very beautiful. I love the way you did her hair. You should do soft pastels more often!

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