
StudioSense: Starting a Pastel Painting
As the weather turns for the worst in Michigan, it is time to revisit my collection of photographs that I use as inspiration and reference points for pastel paintings. I chose an old shed photographed about 15 years ago off Judd Road in York Township, MI. There is a lot of green lawn in this photo. So I will shift the focal point, the shed in the center, off to the left, which will reduce the lawn mass, and I will also strive to leave out a fair amount of detail of this gras