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Carolyn Ortiz · 01-24-2005, 07:06 AM

Hi David,

How's your pastel coming? I just started getting into pastels this last week, besides an elephant I drew about 12 years ago. And I'm not sure that really counts. So this is my third try with them. I hope you're enjoying this medium. I think it's wonderful. Thanks a lot for your nice comments!

Hola Carlos,

Thanks for the response. I've had this piece stairing back at me for a few days now, and I keep wondering about the background or how to crop it. I understand your wanting something on the right side. It does seem a little off balance right now. I think this piece took about 12 hours or somewhere around that...

So have you been to El Retrato Espanol at El Prado yet? I love that museum. I'm very lucky that my husband is from Madrid, so pretty much every time we visit we stop at El Prado. There's a Mengs in this exhibition that took my breath away! There are also a couple just passed the Mengs on the left hand side but I can't remember the names. I even ran back to them before leaving to look at the names! I'll have to draw you a picture

! One is a male figure standing, leaning on a chair maybe and there is a picture behind him. I really loved that one but couldn't find any reproductions of it in the gift shops. Of course Velasquez is always fantastic and Goya too! His work confuses me though. Some is so highly polished and incredibly beautiful and others are, well, almost the opposite of that.

I read in your bio that your a copyist there! That's fantastic! I would love to stop by some time and see you work and chat a bit. We'll have to keep in touch. The El Greco you posted is beautiful!!!

Hi Sharon,

Thanks so much for the nice feedback. I must admit I was really hoping you'd comment. And your post really made my day! I'm not even sure what brand these pastels are. The art store nearest to me doesn't have a very good selection of pastels. Think buying on line might be the best way to go. I've read your pastel list in another post so I'll be using that to refer to when purchasing some more. Which I am dying to do! Is this some kind of addiction!?

I think they put something in the water here. I haven't been able to stop doing art while before I never could begin. I've been lucky enough to move to France for my husbands work. We were just at the Musee D' Orsay a couple weeks ago. There are so many beautiful works there, including quite a few wonderful pastels!

Hey there Steven,

Yes it's been a long time! Too Long! Thanks for your awfully nice comments, and for your jewels of wisdom as always. I did squint this time but I guess not enough yet. I'll try to work on it a bit more and fix those values. The last few years of moving around have been amazing! And so far I think I like Nice the best. The color of the ocean here is this incredible blue green color that just glows! I am such a happy camper! Thanks as always for your comments, they're greatly appreciated!!!

01-24-2005, 07:06 AM	#10
Carolyn Ortiz Juried Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 144	Hi David, How's your pastel coming? I just started getting into pastels this last week, besides an elephant I drew about 12 years ago. And I'm not sure that really counts. So this is my third try with them. I hope you're enjoying this medium. I think it's wonderful. Thanks a lot for your nice comments! Hola Carlos, Thanks for the response. I've had this piece stairing back at me for a few days now, and I keep wondering about the background or how to crop it. I understand your wanting something on the right side. It does seem a little off balance right now. I think this piece took about 12 hours or somewhere around that... So have you been to El Retrato Espanol at El Prado yet? I love that museum. I'm very lucky that my husband is from Madrid, so pretty much every time we visit we stop at El Prado. There's a Mengs in this exhibition that took my breath away! There are also a couple just passed the Mengs on the left hand side but I can't remember the names. I even ran back to them before leaving to look at the names! I'll have to draw you a picture ! One is a male figure standing, leaning on a chair maybe and there is a picture behind him. I really loved that one but couldn't find any reproductions of it in the gift shops. Of course Velasquez is always fantastic and Goya too! His work confuses me though. Some is so highly polished and incredibly beautiful and others are, well, almost the opposite of that. I read in your bio that your a copyist there! That's fantastic! I would love to stop by some time and see you work and chat a bit. We'll have to keep in touch. The El Greco you posted is beautiful!!! Hi Sharon, Thanks so much for the nice feedback. I must admit I was really hoping you'd comment. And your post really made my day! I'm not even sure what brand these pastels are. The art store nearest to me doesn't have a very good selection of pastels. Think buying on line might be the best way to go. I've read your pastel list in another post so I'll be using that to refer to when purchasing some more. Which I am dying to do! Is this some kind of addiction!? I think they put something in the water here. I haven't been able to stop doing art while before I never could begin. I've been lucky enough to move to France for my husbands work. We were just at the Musee D' Orsay a couple weeks ago. There are so many beautiful works there, including quite a few wonderful pastels! Hey there Steven, Yes it's been a long time! Too Long! Thanks for your awfully nice comments, and for your jewels of wisdom as always. I did squint this time but I guess not enough yet. I'll try to work on it a bit more and fix those values. The last few years of moving around have been amazing! And so far I think I like Nice the best. The color of the ocean here is this incredible blue green color that just glows! I am such a happy camper! Thanks as always for your comments, they're greatly appreciated!!!