Drawing
beth@crowder.org
I attended the High School of Art and Design in NYC where I studied art for four hours a day, and often found myself cutting school to spend time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This was where I was inspired and intimidated by the great Masters of Impressionism.
When I begin one of my pastel paintings on museum board, I use a mixture of gesso, pumice, and water. This texture can be observed as a pattern of swirls, as it is applied with a broad brush. My next step is to completely underpaint the board in vivid, even garish, complementary colors of acrylic paint. So if the subject is to be green grass, the underpaint would be shades of red. The pastel is applied in layers, working from dark to light. My work is large, very colorful and dramatic.
