Over the past few months I have drawn Linda many times.   Today I have revisited this face for a new type of art work for me – painting.   I would love to write that this part of some great plan but it wasn’t.  I wanted some large oil pastels and bought a set not realising what I could do with them.  However, once I read the instructions, a first, I discovered that these pastels were water soluble so I decided to try this out.  Enter Linda.

I first sketched out an outline – which took about 15 minutes.  I mention this because when I last drew Linda I never really managed to  a good likeness whereas now I can do this within 15 minutes.  That is a measure of the progress I have made over the past few months.

So to the pastels.  I was a bit tentative at first working from the light to dark.  As my confidence grew I started to apply more pressure.  Once I had finished it was an interesting drawing but only stage two.  Now for the real test – applying water.   Again I was really nervous to start off but slowly I got a bit of feel for what I was doing and slowly the painting began to take shape.

Overall I am really pleased with the result.  Now I am not saying it is any good but it does give a lot things to think about when I do it again.   This is the only way to learn and improve your work just keep working and reflecting.

Simon Marchini LRPS

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