Last rays- Glen Sannox
Soft pastel on board
18x12inches
Another landscape from Arran. The previous Bastion painting was from the top left of the ridge looking down to spot this painting is from. Here we are looking back up Glen Sannox with the Bastion on the left guarding the entrance. 'The saddle' can be seen at the far end of the valley. We almost went that way till we say the descent!! Opted to come down 'the Devil's Punchbowl' onto the lush (and boggy!) slope on the left middle distance!
This painting was started on Canson board but I have to say the surface did not suit my heavy impasto style. Lesson learnt. I used one of the Canson boards and used Colourfix 'Supertooth' pastel primer tinted warm red on top to give my grip for my thick pastel layers.
Also tried out my new Henri Roche pastels- very lush and high quality sticks with high pigment content. Very nice - thanks to la maison du pastel
Here's the sketch
Ryan
2 comments:
Hi Ryan,
So this is what it looks like from the other side! Cool. That's excellent work in the sky on this one. You're doing some really good work Ryan. Very nice.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Ryan!
Thanks Ron, there was also a pub for a well earned pint and dram of whisky...
Cheers for commenting
Ryan
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