Thanks so much Donnalee for the feedback and suggestion!!

Glad you are finding lots to keep you reading and looking at my blog Rosie 😀 It was so fun using those colours. As I always say, you can always mute bright colours so why not start there?!

Hah Hah Val!! I so know that feeling of paralytic overwhelm!! That’s basically what I was facing before I started in on the self portrait. And that’s an awesome way to get started!! Thank you for sharing. It’s amazing what can get the juices flowing when we surrender to the process rather than resisting it.

Thanks for your kind words. Pastels 101 is coming in a couple weeks!!!

Thanks Ruth! I guess they could be considered unconventional colours in the big picture but they are conventional for me. What I mean by that is those are the colours I reach for first. I know I can always tone them down if I have to. So jump in! Pastels are soooo forgiving and allow for easy changing up! Look forward to seeing what you do with portraits 🙂

Thanks Paige! I hope you do try it. It was really fun to push the colour and get the marks down. Like I said, I put on the timer and went for it. So I didn’t have time at the end to pick away at it 😀

Thanks Curtis!! Glad it was helpful. And yeah, since I was working from a photo rather than life, it definitely made sense to include the reference photo. Like you, I love seeing what artists leave in and leave out – can be illuminating sometimes!