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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!

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