tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post4488643332055275113..comments2024-03-27T00:01:39.931-05:00Comments on Jo Castillo Art Blog - Pastels and More: Jo's Studio/Gallery Notes and WorkJo Castillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-80430005048748349182010-06-09T23:55:13.070-05:002010-06-09T23:55:13.070-05:00fishing guy, downtown is looking great. Bastrop i...fishing guy, downtown is looking great. Bastrop is one of the most historic towns with so many homes with the historic seal.Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-8412523104809088462010-06-09T21:47:43.376-05:002010-06-09T21:47:43.376-05:00Jo: The building is so cool, lovely work on the fr...Jo: The building is so cool, lovely work on the front.This Is My Blog - fishing guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826128050970967135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-21437768702518928002010-06-08T23:34:06.314-05:002010-06-08T23:34:06.314-05:00Bag Blog, Nothing like a wishy-washy answer. On W...Bag Blog, Nothing like a wishy-washy answer. On Wallis paper you can use about anything. You can put on some pastel and spread it around with a brush with turp, alcohol or water. You can use watercolor as an under painting, too. Deborah Secor just puts a light layer of pastel and rubs it in with a foam brush. Each gives a little different look, but I use water. Less smell and work to clean the brushes, etc. You can use the complement (red under green) or do sort of a drawing in almost the color you will be using. Since you do watercolor you can do a fairly detailed under painting and let it show through in places. Richard McKinley <a href="http://pastelpointersblog.artistsnetwork.com/2010/05/17/PastelDryUnderpainting.aspx" rel="nofollow">does that</a>.Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-83186708401593760362010-06-08T22:07:03.241-05:002010-06-08T22:07:03.241-05:00Years ago when I took a pastel workshop with Ben K...Years ago when I took a pastel workshop with Ben Konis, he taught a specific way to prepare his Wallis paper. He diluted either oil or acrylic with either water or turpentine, and painted it on his paper to darken the value of the paper with whatever color. So which do you think it was oil or acrylic that he used? I remember that he liked darker paper, but I cannot remember exactly what he did to get it.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.com