Swan Lake Tutorial
This soft pastel tutorial takes you through the steps to create your own version of this Swan Lake painting
3 parts
Length approx 100 minutes
Skill level intermediate
More Info
The painting was done on pastelmat paper 24 x 30 cm using mostly Unison soft pastels. The reference is Julie's own so there is no copyright issue
Materials & Equipment required
This 100 minute tutorial takes you step by step through creating this lovely swan water scene in soft pastels. It was created on 24 x 32 cm Clairfontaine pastelmat paper but any paper with a reasonable 'tooth' will do.
What it covers
Creating distance and depth
Painting water
Underpainting
Reflections
Creating shape in a white object
Mark making to create foreground and distance
You will need the following:
Black hard pastel or pencil for beak details
Blending tools e.g. soft eye shadow sponge applicators, cotton buds, pan pastel tools