My Tryst with Pastels

I have been always fascinated with paintings made by great artists with soft pastel medium. Decades ago, I could not find the right materials at the local market. Now there are aplenty. So I have started to try my hand at it. It had been a while since I tried experimenting, yet I am yet to find the right base to paint on. Another thing I find difficulty is in choosing the size of the painting since most of the blending has to be done with fingers.

Here I post my first attempt.

Cheerful Traveler

It was a great experience drawing this on a normal drawing sheet. I found it a bit easy, may be due to the level of motivation. The reference was a calendar art by John Walter.

But my next attempts were disappointing.