Here's my first try. I've always avoided pastels due to some misconceptions, I think. Maybe I'll take the next class when it comes by. (Sort of like a bus?) By the way, I don't CARE if the house is smack in the middle! with trees growing out of the top of it...
These were done without brushes, fingers only! I can't remember when, several years ago. I used surgeon's gloves and acrylic paint. It was fun, but haven't dared to try it since, and now do the childrens' portraits the regular way!
Noel Marin is an artist, poet, licensed psychologist no longer working in a "loft" above a tiny counseling room in San Diego. Now retired in Escondido, CA