Jenny Penny is strutting her stuff and showing some leg! I’ve been wanting to do chickens ever since I took some photos on a trip a few years ago. This girlie has great colours!
Pastels - Nupastels 24 pack of firm pastel color sticks. I have continued to design for this small Box (with a couple of additions now and again….see below). Nupastels are on the firm side of all the soft pastels and so are easier to handle. Of course, other brands are good too! Don’t get anything less than 24 colours though. And make sure you do NOT buy oil pastels. They aresomething different entirely. You may want a black pastel pencil to help with the eyes for this project. Maybe buy a small set.
For this project I have added a more pigmented yellow-orange and yellow. The Nupastels just don’t have the pigment power of other brands and they fall very short in the yellow/orange category for this piece. To get the vibrancy in the background you will definitely want to step up your pastel game.
If this is one of your first soft pastel paintings, I encourage you to view my two FREE in-depth videos on my website. Beginning Your Pastel Journey Part 1 and 2. It will give you more information on the medium, what pastels are out there and what to get, discussion about paper, why you need an easel and some techniques to try. It is worth the view.
