A couple of weekends ago I was a student at a Maxwell Wilks pastel workshop. I had a great time and broke out the hard pastels which was a bit of a novelty for me. Have never owned any Rembrandts before but bought a small box of half sticks and reallly enjoyed working with them. The tin of 24 Derwent hard sticks was a sensational buy – only $35Aus and I like them better than my conte sticks and MUCH better than those hard Faber Castels which just do not want to lay down any colour – well not for me anyway! Wish I’d bought the larger tin.
Also used the smooth side of Canson Mi Tientes ( not the gritty, textured paper) . I’ve used it occasionally in the past but was still surprised by how many layer of pastel it will take! I’ll be more prepared to use this paper in the future instead of always using my favouritre Colourfix textured paper. We used a lot of colour and everyone had a blast.
Note to self: take a few more workshops!
Lindy Whitton Studio 
Colour all the way! Glad your sticks pleased you. How is your hand?
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Much better now. Will pop down later in the week.
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Beautiful paintings, love the colors!
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Thanks Margaret- it was a lot of fun!
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Nice pastel paintings, I really like the pink light in the road.
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That pink light was fun to do!
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Love both of those pictures – beautiful colour sauration.
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Thanks sis! I have to keep the colour going!
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Hi Lindy, those pastel brilliant love the purples and mauves in second pastel. You are right to take note to do more of these. I must try those hard pastels.
Regards Loretta
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