Finishing off Hunt 534 in Pastel

The Hunts go by so quickly now.  Shoot, the whole year goes by so quickly.  Better get in this final sketch for Scavenger Hunt 534.
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1444344&page=2

Color is more interesting to me on this day.  Being lazy, I chose the easiest medium, for me, to achieve quick color in a sketch.  That means pastel, right?

Number 10, mug

I had a piece of ivory Canson, Mi Teintes paper, on the easel.  I wiped a previous demo off the paper, recycling again.  The dreaded grid side of the paper was what was there.  The mug still has a bit of ceramic look to it, grid and all.  The mug is from our Kentucky bunch.  It is large, probably holds a pint.  It is a whiskey barrel and not a beer barrel for a pint of spirits.  It probably took me 15 minutes from wipeoff to finish.   It is on pretty big paper so larger than life.  Cheers!

The demo I wiped off was from this post about value and color:
https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-on-value.html

Interesting how much color is influenced by the colors around it.  Richard McKinley calls it simultaneous contrast.  McKinley is one of my favorite pastelists.  I like his style.  Check it on his website:
http://mckinleystudio.com/works