{"id":453,"date":"2017-07-18T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=453"},"modified":"2017-07-16T08:57:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T07:57:32","slug":"more-pastel-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"More Pastel work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Canal-Sunshine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-461\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Canal-Sunshine-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Canal-Sunshine-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Canal-Sunshine-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Canal-Sunshine.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 85vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Isn&#8217;t it wonderful how a few squiggles of pastel can say so much!\u00a0 I have been working on this picture as a demonstration for my class, so the whole thing has taken, in total, about an hour and half to paint.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the\u00a0 trees have been indicated by sideways strokes of the pastel with pinks and yellows varying the summery greens.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-Detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-465\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-Detail-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-Detail-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-Detail-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tree-Detail.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Scribbled dark green, blues, purples and\u00a0 maroons form the right-hand trees with open fencing allowing light to dapple the path.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-464\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Fence-Detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-464\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Fence-Detail-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Fence-Detail-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Fence-Detail-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Fence-Detail.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIGITAL CAMERA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The slowly moving, muddy water of the canal reflects the trees darkly,\u00a0 depicted by vertical strokes of the sides of the pastels.\u00a0 Late evening sun casts long shadows, warming the trees and unusually, catching the inside of the arch, a natural focus of the scene.\u00a0 Two little boats snuggle into the bank, but even the brightly coloured one cannot take precedence of that arch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn&#8217;t it wonderful how a few squiggles of pastel can say so much!\u00a0 I have been working on this picture as a demonstration for my class, so the whole thing has taken, in total, about an hour and half to paint. 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