Original artwork description:

Pastel painting of a reclining nude. This piece has been created using fine soft pastels on Fisher 400 grip paper. The texture of the paper is like very fine sand paper which allows the pastels to adhere to it in such a way making the pigments rich and velvety in appearance. This paper also responds well to being wet which has enabled me to drip some of the rich pigments and "paint" with the pastels. "Waking Dream" captures the solo reflection on waking from a dream.

Materials used:

pastels, charcoal, water, fixative

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