Fearless Friday, Romanian Street in Pastel
Using different types of art mediums is a great way to learn,
experiment, challenge yourself, or just have fun
When I’m on the coast, I love to play with pastels
Pastel is such a fun medium, it forces you to be bold and free
I have a set of 72 semi hard pastel sticks and a set of 48 pastel pencils
and a set of pan pastels in primary colors
They all behave in slightly different ways, so I often use parts of each set
I use a tabletop easel with a sheet of folded paper to catch the pastel dust
Pastels are fun but they are messy!
The photo I used for this painting is from Unsplash
After a simple line sketch to establish the composition
I put down blocks of color
Next I added windows and began filling in the buildings
Next came some work on the street
Then I used shades of green and blue to indicate the trees in the distance
and added white to soften the sky
Next roof shingles and details were added
To finish, I used a pastel pencil to add a few lines
“Romanian Street” 9″ x 12″ pastel on toned pastel paper
There are tons of free art tutorials on You Tube, here are some demonstrations I have watched that you might enjoy:
Lindsay The Frugal Crafter
Creations CeeCee
Now is the perfect opportunity to get creative!
If you need art supplies, shop amazon,
their shipping times aren’t quite as fast as before the virus,
but they are still shipping most things fairly quickly
Be Fearless!
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I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Love Your Creativity What’s for Dinner?
Between Naps on the Porch, Make it Pretty Monday
Turn About Tuesday Celebrate Your Story, You’re the Star
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday
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Good morning Jenna. The pastel of the Romanian street is so lovely. I always enjoy Fearless Friday! Happy Easter weekend!
thanks Pam, pastels are fun to play with…I hope you have a blessed and peaceful Easter weekend 🌷
I may have to check out those videos. They look like fun. And I do love the street scene. That yellow building — the texture — really looks like stucco.
Thanks Jeanie, I am still learning the many nuances of pastel…I love to paint withthem, I just wish they weren’t so messy!
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing the videos.
thank you Linda, so many great videos out there!
Oh you are fearless… aren’t you? Beautiful my friend! And thanks for the tutorials on You Tube!
thanks Nancy, there are so many free and good tutorials available, a fun way to learn and try something new 🎨
I always find your tutorials so interesting for this non painter. Fun to see just how you work. Beautiful!
thanks Emily, pastels are fun yet scary!
Beautiful Jenna and wonderful therapy in these crazy times! ♥
thanks Mary 🙂
I love working in pastels, and this is the perfect medium for interpreting the photo…love the richness, and you captured the light!
Thank you Sandi! I find my pastel paintings are either a huge success or a hot mess 😂 I’ve been reading and watching videos trying to learn more about this fascinating medium…
What a lovely pastel creation! It just exhudes happiness. Thanks for sharing!
thanks Allie 🙂