Pastel Art of James Southworth

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Taylor and I went camping in August up the Santiam River. Taylor was working on a mini-dam for about an hour.  Here he is carrying a rock out to his makeshift dam....

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I cropped the composition and started to block in the lights and darks with unison pastel light blue gray La Carte pastel board.

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Now I'm blocking in the major shapes while trying to maintain the original values. 

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"Creekside"

14x20"

October 2001

 

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