This painting was inspired by a photograph of a country pub in a little town called Wooroolin, which is situated only a short drive from my home town of Kingaroy, Queensland. I called on some reference photos to set a scene in the 1970s, and the colour palette I have chosen was aimed at recreating the look of an old ‘70s photo.
STEP ONE
To transfer my design onto my paper, I used an A1 sized sheet of paper that I had rubbed white pastel onto one side of. This makes very effective transfer paper. I start my paintings, by blocking in areas with a hard pastel or Conte sticks.
STEP TWO
After the base colours are blocked in, I apply softer pastel over the top, working from the dark tones to light. I also try to work from top to bottom as much as I can, to keep the pastel dust from falling on my previously worked areas.
At this point I may need to point out that the white lines on the right hand corner of the painting were a helping hand from my toddler son.
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