by janette summerfield RBSA SWA
Soft Pastel
h: 27 w: 27 d: 1 (cms).
This painting depicts a scene in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. It is drawn using Unison soft pastels onto coloured Pastelmat. The image size is 27 x 27 cm; I find a square format very pleasing to work with. I’m always drawn to scenes that have colour, texture and pattern in them, I like to explore ways to depict these qualities in my work and this landscape gave me the opportunity to do just that. The stand out element in this scene was the water snaking across the landscape in a very powerful diagonal that pulls you from the bottom right hand corner towards the coloured shapes in the distance. My preferred medium of pastel allowed me to experiment with different mark making, allowing me to build up and create textures. This painting shows more blending than I usually employ, dictated by the water and the flatness of the land surrounding it. I applied vertical chunks of colour in the foreground, achieved by using the pastel on its side. I then layered more of these directional blocks of colour on top, some were the same colour, some tonal, while others were contrasting colours, again using random marks to add more depth. I like to create a crisp, clear line by carefully placing a piece of masking tape where I want this line to appear, then applying and blending the pastel right to the edge of the tape. Carefully removing the tape reveals a beautifully crisp line, which can be seen in various areas of this painting.
£625 (As exhibited.)
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by janette summerfield RBSA SWA
Soft Pastel
h: 27 w: 27 d: 1 (cms).
This painting depicts a landscape in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. It is drawn using Unison soft pastels onto coloured Pastelmat. The velvet surface is made from a fine coating of cellulose fibres which allows multiple layers of pastel to adhere to its surface without using fixative. The image size is 27 x 27 cm; I find a square format very pleasing, though I’m not sure why. What attracted me to this scene were the grasses in the foreground, the way they clump together, the way some have been bent into interesting shapes by the wind. I love the structure of grasses and their tactile qualities. I was keen to explore ways of depicting them. My preferred medium of pastel allows me to experiment with different mark making, to build up and create textures. I began with applying chunks of colour in different directions, achieved by using the pastel on its side. I then layered more blocks of colour on top, some the same colour, some contrasting, some tonal, again using random marks to add more depth. After that I used the pastel on its side and ‘slid’ it across the layers making quick, random marks to depict the grasses. I like to create a crisp, clear line to my work; I place a piece of masking tape to where I want that line to appear, then apply pastel, making sure to blend it right to the edge of that tape. Carefully removing the tape reveals a beautifully crisp line.
£625 (As exhibited.)
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by janette summerfield RBSA SWA
Soft Pastel
h: 27 w: 27 d: 1 (cms).
This painting depicts a landscape in the village of La Buxerette, a commune in the Indre department in Central France. It is drawn using Unison soft pastels onto a dark coloured Pastelmat. The velvet surface of the Pastelmat is made from a fine coating of cellulose fibres which allows multiple layers of pastel to adhere to its surface without using fixative. The image size is 27 x 27 cm; I find a square format very pleasing, though I’m not sure why. What made me want to paint this landscape was the rich ribbon of colour meandering through the scene. Pastel is a very versatile medium: it allows for experimenting with different mark making, allowing me to explore ways to depict the structural and tactile qualities of grasses and foliage, creating and building up textures. Blocks of colour were randomly applied, using the pastel on its side. Layers are built up by either using the same colour, or a range of colours. I like to create a crisp, clear line by carefully place a piece of masking tape to where I want that line to appear, then apply pastel up to the masking tape, blending it right to the edge of that tape. Carefully removing the tape reveals a beautifully crisp line. I applied this technique to several areas of the painting.
£625 (As exhibited.)
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