Playing with Pastels

Dear readers,

Following finding the watercolour paintings I painted, I came across some pastel portraits I did.

To be honest, I didn’t really like it. It was messy and I didn’t really have the appropriate paper. I bought watercolour paper pad not realising that pastels don’t work too well. I didn’t think or research about technique; I just picked up the pastels like a toddler and got going, sometimes under the influence. And I think the results appeared that way. Only more demonic. I was left a little spooked, wondering what part of the subconscious possessed me to produce something like this, especially of the women. And ‘possessed’ is the key word here. They look like a shrine to the devil. I feel that my pastel art is a portal or gate to the underworld or wherever evil spirits reside. Hell, maybe, or our worst thoughts. Joke, by the way. Then again, the devil would say that.

Like the watercolours, I used the pastels in the mid-months of 2o23, then I forgot the pad existed, until a few days ago. Or more so, I had no idea what to do with them, so I thought I would share them here.

I’m not over thrilled. See what you think.