Anne at 18
 

Hi,

This is a pastel of my wife

Hi Allan,

This lovely portrait has an interesting energy in the color scheme, which is mostly polarized between pale blue and warm peach hues. There is a nice impressionistic handling of the pastels, and you work well with brilliant colors. Is this pastel painting unfixed to maintain the high key effect?

Hi Garth and thank you.

The color scheme is inspired by the pale blue in her dress. It is not a naturalistic reality. I aimed to express her mental state and choose the high key contrast, though keeping the colors in the warm area. '

I use fixing, but light.

Allan