Drawing 1 -- Pastel Bird

This drawing was a little more "craft like" and consisted of several parts. It was a 20 inch by 20 inch drawing on two contrasting colors of paper. The background consisted of negative images of birds surrounded by colored ground. The colored ground was made of two or more colors of pastel. The main image of the bird was drawn will realistic looking pastel colors and over the top was laid a cut-out line drawing of a bird in a complementary color. Getting the line drawing to stick was the hard part since the pastel had to be sprayed with a fixative first. It was interesting, complicated and fun to do. This was the final drawing project for the semester.