Produce a still life using soft pastels.
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Artist in Residence * Artist; Mrs. C. Blossfeldt * Date; Thursday 5th February 2004 * Task; To understand how to use soft pastels. Produce a still life using soft pastels. During the first period of the day Mrs Blossfeldt introduced herself and told us about her life and history of pastel work. Mrs Blossfeldt explain the best techniques and how to get various tones and structure to our work. Second period we started drawing out the rough outlines, in a light soft pastel of the still life, which in our case was a vase of flowers. After I had finished sketching out the basic form and structure, and made sure I had got the proportions correct I was ready to start adding detail. After coming back from break we all started adding detail and building up the picture, making sure I was getting the right proportion and adding bright colours and cures to make...

