The first layer of soft pastel I sketch out the main base colour and decide on the proportions. I used a grey coloured paper Daler Ingres Pastel paper, paper size 18" x 12". Image size 12" x9.5".
I used a grey coloured paper Daler Ingres Pastel paper, paper size 18" x 12". Image size 12" x9.5". To produce the outline of apples I used the corner of a soft pastel quickly getting an idea of the sizes of the objects, scaling up from a photo I try to keep it simple. Enlarge by a scale of 1:2 or 1:3 or 1:4. What I mean here is if you measure one measurement on the photo times it by say 2 and you get the enlargement. You can scale up with anything, use your finger, the width of a pencil, a length of paper or even a ruler.
The base layer of soft pastel was sketched out using the side of the soft pastels. With the main base colour applied in a loose fashion I decided on the proportions. Working with the mid tones and the main body of colour and then slowly building up the layers.
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