A pastel painting demo by Susan Jenkins / "Shore of Solitude"

[ocossa]

Hi Susan, just been to your website, your art is breathtakingly beautiful. I had no idea that there are so many colours. amazing

[ocossa]

I never knew oil pastels could be so beautiful to work with

[susanjenkins777]

@ocossa Thank you "Ocossa". These are actually "soft pastels" though. And I love working with them. They are my favorite medium.  :) Blessings!!! susan

[ocossa]

@susanjenkins777 Your work is inspiring

[ocossa]

@susanjenkins777 I know this may seem like a silly question, however; here goes...Is there a drying time with this form of medium?

[susanjenkins777]

@ocossa

There is never a silly question Ocossa as far as I'm concerned. I have learned all I know from asking lots of "silly" questions. Pastels are a dry medium. That is one of the reasons I started working with them. My life was so crazy as a mom and always being pulled in so many directions that I found they were always there waiting for me to work with and wouldn't dry up. I have some more info on pastels on my website if you want to check it out susanjenkinsart.weebly.com

[ocossa]

@susanjenkins777 I will definitely give them a try, I have just taken up the brush as in the last three months. The last time I painted was about fourteen. However I don't want to limit myself to just one medium and I will check your website later today as it is almost one in the morning. Thank you for explaining it to me

[ocossa]

@susanjenkins777 Thank you Susan for the information, I tried with oil pastels just the other day, and did I make a mess. I found the oil pastels so unforgiving, once the mistake was made everything just went pear shaped, I will look at the other pastels that you use and I think I'll take it a little easier next time

[susanjenkins777]

@ocossa Oil pastels are messier I think than soft pastels. But if you try soft pastels try them on "sanded" paper. There are special papers for pastels that allows you to get a lot of layers without the colors getting muddy. I took up art again after a long break of many years. Like you I was artistic as a child, but it was just in the past 9 yrs or so that I took up painting. I learned almost all I know from other artists on a site called wetcanvas. You might like it! :) Blessings!

[ShiShintai]

Absolutely gorgeous.~ Though, it quite reminds me of the view in the turret room at Ballygally Castle. Perhaps it was more like this when Isobel was living in there.

[BritishCards]

Beautiful use of colour Susan, and a very clever way to show the development of the picture! Must have taken a while but definitely worth it. I'll have to give it a try :)

[sugarpig1979]

Hi lovely painting, can you tell me what paper you are using please, thanks.

[Jazzwayze]

Susan,

This is lovely work. The stages are shown quite well. I wish you would have done a voice over as well, to tell us what paper you use, what sort of pastel, and how you apply the strokes of colour, and why you do all this in a specific order; if you do of course!

Thanks for the demo all the same. I picked up enough to help me paint sea and beachscapes.

Bless you.

JW (UK)

[xXemilyisstrangeXx]

Beautiful work. When I look at it, I'm there.

Could you maybe tell me the pastels you use and the song on this video please? Thank you. :)

[susanjenkins777]

@xXemilyisstrangeXx

Thanks so much ! I use a variety of soft pastels.... my favorites are Sennelier, Terry Ludwigs and Girault. The song in the video is Moonlight Sonata by Beethovan. :)

[ladamadelcaribe]

@xXemilyisstrangeXx wow..everyone knows this song....

[dorcigirll]

I have a question for you. Can I mix it with the simple oil painting technique? Can I draw with an oil pastel on an oil painted layer? I'm painting now, but I really want to finish it until christmas, maybe it can be a little bit faster. What do you think? thanks a lot for your reply!

[meeXDhappy]

so pretty!

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

i love it!

[gretchen123456]

the name of that music????

[gentlemortal]

@gretchen123456 if im not mistaking its moonlight sonata by beethoven

[susanjenkins777]

Thanks for that nice comment.... and I don't have all the kinks worked out on the video slide show.... but I guess someone can get the general idea of the demo.

thanks again,

Susan

[Startwister]

No comments?

That´s a very nice painting. I like your colour choice. Would be nice, to see you, painting it.

And there´s a starnge thing happening in the video, cause after 1:05 the image stops, and the music dies at 1:21. Only at the end it shows the adress to your website. Between that, it´s black silence. Is that intended?