So, if you have any solutions to my conundrum (no, I'm not going to rent space somewhere else), I'd like to hear them! In the meantime, I posted some of those baby-steps pastel drawings on a Pastels page on the left, if you's like to see. Oh, and if you want to see what pastel paintings are supposed to look like, check out David Shkolny's web site or one of my other faves, Elizabeth Mowry.
In the Fall of 2008, I participated in a soft pastels painting course - my first (and so far, only) pastels class - run by David Shkolny at Harcourt House. I started to do some reading about soft pastels and found out that it's probably not a good idea to use them in high traffic areas like my living room, which is where I set myself up and made a about a dozen drawings/paintings. I don't know what to call them. Most artists insist they are paintings but it felt more like drawing to me. Anyway, the dust from the pastels can be toxic depending on the concentration of heavy metals in the pigment and most information out there strongly suggests working in an area away from children, pets and food, cleaning with damp cloths and mops daily and even wearing a dust mask and latex gloves! Yikes. There's nowhere in my home that's safe from this insidious medium! This kind of breaks my heart because I really, really like playing with them, not to mention the $300 worth of pastels and pastel paper that are now sitting around my (carpeted) studio in the basement.
So, if you have any solutions to my conundrum (no, I'm not going to rent space somewhere else), I'd like to hear them! In the meantime, I posted some of those baby-steps pastel drawings on a Pastels page on the left, if you's like to see. Oh, and if you want to see what pastel paintings are supposed to look like, check out David Shkolny's web site or one of my other faves, Elizabeth Mowry.
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My name is Yvonne Rezek. This is a blog about what my hands are up to. Mostly sketches and drawings, some of my pottery, maybe even some knitting.
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