~My "Water Lilies" Pastel Drawing~

This was my final Design I project. We were to pick a famous painting and try to copy it to the best of our ability. Let's just say that I will never again say," I can do that" about any artists work again...not that I did that about this painting of "Water Lilies" by Monet.

The above pastel drawing is my finished product. By looking at it, you can tell what painting it is, but it was almost impossible to get it exact with the time we had to do it. I did pull a couple of all nighter's to do this project. I had never worked with pastel's before. I can say now that I absolutely loved working with the pastels and this project was one of the most rewarding projects that I have ever done!

The above picture is my work in progress. You can tell that I had never used pastels. But I love looking at it because I learn so much from it.

This above photo is my workspace during this process. I have tried to work on an easel but never liked it. With pastels, you almost have to work on an easel for several reasons. Pastels smear very bad so you don't want to be resting your hand on the paper which would also make it greasy. Also, pastels have a lot of powder that you need to let run off as you work. I just loved it!

And this above picture is Claude Monet's famous "Water Lilies" painting on the left
...and my "Water Lilies" pastel drawing on the right.