A REGAL LOOK (detail) - 10" round pastel on wood by Susan Roden

A REGAL LOOK*

10" round pastel on wood panel

*detail of image

And this is the second piece I worked on 

for two hours at life drawing yesterday. 

Only about halfway done, but you can see 

my layering to build up the image. 

The first layer is created with a pastel wash 

to build up a mid-tone.Then the top sequential

 layers are pastel strokes, alternating between 

blunt to broad strokes.  

Really liking the wood as a substrate . . . 

fun, fun, fun!