Still enjoying the soft pastels and the pan pastels. As I continue on with this image, progress has become slower as I work with the details. I wish I chose a larger format because the pastels do not allow for details with such a small image size. However, I continue on. The car was time consuming, but fun as I lost myself in it. The tree will eventually be cut out and a solid color of an alternative piece of paper will be placed behind it.
I really like how this is turning out so far Melissa! All the little details come together really well and it is really impressive that you are using soft and pan pastels for this. It definitely shows your commitment to the piece. I am excited to see how it turns out with the tree cut out and replaced.
The idea of leaving the tree out is awesome Melissa! I fully support this concept and think you should continue with it in your future work! Didn’t you do something with paper cutting in the very beginning of this course? It would be cool if you could combine the negative spaces with the intricacies of the paper cutting designs.
Lindsay, I like that idea of interlacing cut paper and the negative space. You think I should cutout the leaves of the tree space? Or keep it a solid cutout?