My artist friend who runs various classes recommends pastels on mid tone paper - so you start off with an interesting coloured background, like burgundy, or blue, or burnt umber, and then build up your colour over that. Then you can make use of the paper colour too, instead of completely concealing it.
I had a go in one of her classes and my first one (when I was listening to her instructions!) was really effective.
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Date: 2018-04-22 07:29 pm (UTC)I had a go in one of her classes and my first one (when I was listening to her instructions!) was really effective.