Here are my three favorites pieces from "The Moving Carnival", my latest early reader from Picture Window Books. I was asked to do these in soft pastel, so I needed to work rather big. For those of you who are familiar with soft pastels, you know how challenging it is to create fine details in chunky pastels.The first is a tiny little spot image, and the original is about 4 by 4 inches. So, you can imagine that the other two are pretty large -- roughly 24 by 15 inches.
This was a challenging project because of the subject matter. We follow along as Rosa and Luis spend the day at a traveling carnival. Lots of rides and crazy perspective!
Hope you enjoy!
2 comments:
These are beautiful. Thanks for showing the detail of the girl's head. It gives a good idea of how much effort must go into this—and how much skill you have! I can't imagine doing all these in pastel. Geez. But pastels, especially when reduced in size, look awesome when complete. You've got a gift.
P.L. Frederick (SMALL & big)
Hi! Thank you for your uplifting comments! I checked out your blog, and it's quite entertaining :)
Caroline
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