I did a pan pastel painting, a small one, for my friend, of him and his cat who is in kitty heaven now. [View all]

I was so worried I’d messed it up, but he said he loves it and wants to display it in his home, and that made me so happy!

I like pan pastels. They are easier to control than standard pastels and WAYYYYYY less messy, like almost not messy at all. Virtually no dust.

If anyone asked me how to get started in soft pastels, I think I would recommend pan pastels for that reason, along with some pastel pencils for details. The initial cost is pretty substantial for a hobby, I mean for an art based hobby anyway, but the pans seem to last a very long time, enough for hundreds and hundreds of paintings, and the pans can be replaced individually as they are used up.

They came out with a big set of new colors, expanded shades and tints, etc. and I’m longing for the new set so I can have all the colors. Normally I would ask for that as a birthday present, but I am trying not to spend much of anything, like a low buy, for at least the next four years. So I’m telling myself, maybe someday I can buy the new set.

Anyway, this is the painting I did for my friend I’ve known since high school. He lives in Canada with his husband. I think he genuinely does like it because he is always honest with me when he doesn’t like a painting. So that makes me so thrilled! It makes me feel like I still have something to give to the world, now and then.

I did a couple of oil paintings of his cat Fletcher too, but they turned out kind of meh. I will include photos of those too.

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P.S. tomorrow I go for my first cataract removal surgery, I am a little anxious and hope I will have reasonably good vision afterwards.