Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Color! Oh, Color!




The best thing I gained from my Figurative Concepts class this Fall semester was an experimentation with color via pastels. See, color was an elusive she-beast to me and is only now starting to come around. Previously, I worked mostly in a limited color palette, usually even purely monochromatic. This isn't to say that I'm necessarily going to vastly change my color appreciation and I'm still a hardcore sucker for monochromatic illustrations... but the explosion of color I experienced was a nice diversion from my norm.

We each placed our five best drawings on the floor of the classroom the last day and the scope of it all was pretty cool.




Pastels are actually pretty awesome and fun to use. They provide bold, vibrant color and are a relatively flexible medium--at least more so than my usual inks. Here are a few selections of my work with pastels these past months. In the future, I'll be adding some of these to my Etsy shop so if anything strikes your fancy, keep an eye out.






















Ah, pastels. How you have worked your way into my heart... and my hand.

Merry Winter's Solstice, everyone!!
Enjoy your holiday festivus winter celebrations!




4 comments:

Jazmin Giron said...

You must teach me!!!!!! The use of colors are lovely.

Melisa Des Rosiers said...

heh thanks! still need to work on color use, but it's starting to take shape and I'm understanding it a bit better, beyond just flat color. we shall draw and color like crazy one day!

Angela Caggiano said...

Your pastel work is really nice, Melisa!

Melisa Des Rosiers said...

Thanks Angela!