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(2021) Soft pastel of an inlet in Maine based on a photo taken by Elizabeth Sawyer (with permission). I used pan pastel for my under painting, establishing the darks and lights, and then beginning the sky and water. The pan pastel helped me achieve a glassy finish to the water. I followed that with soft pastel,for the bulk of the painting and using pencil or hard pastel as needed for fine marks. The large rock was a challenge. I used a small flat stiff brush to scratch the pastel in order to get the texture I wanted.
