Janet Cook - Night Cityscape – April 2008 - Connecticut Pastel Society

Janet with final piece and her two reference photos

Janet Cook – Night Cityscape – April 2008

CPS hosts a number of pastel demos throughout the year.
Below is a link to images from the demo given by Janet A. Cook.

For those of you who want to see the demo again or, were not able to attend Janet’s pastel demo at Gallery 53, Meriden, CT in April 2008, please click on the images for enlargements.

Janet A. Cook stands before the audience at Gallery with the original photo in color, a black and white version and a gridded piece of Art Spectrum pastel paper.

Black and white version helps identify the values, the horizontal and vertical horizon line are shown in pink and perspective lines are drawn blue to identify vanishing point.

Bright underpaints in tempera*/poster paint used for under painting.

With a wide brush, Janet covers the paper with bright underpainting in tempera, she radiates the lines out from the vanishing point on the left.

With a wide brush, Janet covers the paper with bright underpainting ln tempera, she radiates the lines out from the vanishing point on the left.

Under painting in progress. Dark areas are established in watercolor and gouache in ultramarine blue and black.

Using a combination of black and ultramarine blue Janet draws in the shapes of the buildings, the people and the perspective lines.

Pastel is applied over the pastel still in progress.

Sidewalk Blues, Iridescence on Broadway and Big Ben by Janet Cook

Janet with final piece and her two reference photos

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