I get in a bind if I'm trying to figure out whether she's evil or not. If I'm guessing, the audience is guessing. ... An evil person wearing pastels is an interesting trick.
~ Richard Bloore
Of course, I think Delores Umbridge from the Harry Potter books is a truly wonderfully evil woman and she is all pink and kittens.
Pastels (from Wikipedia) Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation.
The color effect of pastels is closer to the natural dry pigments than that of any other process.[1]
The noun "pastel" gives rise to:
another noun, for an artwork whose medium is pastels
a verb, meaning to produce an artwork with pastels
an adjective, meaning pale in color
Pastels, (from Color Wheel artist) Every individual color on the Basic Color Wheel can be altered in three ways by Tinting, Shading or Toning. And that's before we even think about mixing two colors together.
Let's start with Lightening the twelve basic colors to create Tints.
A Tint is sometimes called a Pastel. Basically it's simply any color with white added.
If you want to get a little more complicated, you can mix any of the twelve pure colors together.Then simply add any amount of white and you have created a pastel or tint of the mixture.
I didn't know all of that about pastels ....love the lesson. Lovely soft and beautiful color tones in the photos. It's relaxing to look at it. I LOVE that tree in the mist (bottom row.) Stunning. I'd frame that one. You got me to thinking, Dixie. (As you usually do!) I never wear pastels and don't have them in my furnishings either. Never gave it a thought until now. Love your collage.
oh, you are ROCKING! this is so, so wonderful. knew you would just run with this once your mind started spinning. i adore pastels; that dahlia is gorgeous. nice work here.
