Demonstration by David Johnson – 20 June 2015
David Johnson
David begins with an overall peach pastel with some blue rubbed into the paper.
He adds different shades of grey for the clouds and rubs the pastel in
He adds light into the clouds
Gold ocre in put into the foreground
A ‘bush line’ is added to the horizon
Consider the placement of the tree and remember proportions
The ‘silhouette’ of the tree is completed and blue-grey mountains are also put in.
Shadows and detail are put into the tree
More detail is put into the foreground
More detail is added to complete the pastel painting.
Detail of the Baobab tree.
David and the completed painting.
One of David’s completed paintings
One of David’s completed paintings
One of David’s completed paintings
One of David’s completed paintings