Soft pastel landscape painting by Manju Panchal

A soft pastel painting created on

Canson Mi Teintes paper using

Camel, Mungyo, Kohinoor Toison Dor

and Sennelier soft pastels.

“ On the way to Coorg”

A soft pastel painting on Canson Mi Teintes paper

Size: 7” X 9”

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the step by step creation

of the above painting in 

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A soft pastel painting of a seashore by Manju Panchal

“Nature is the art of God.” Dante Alighieri

Goa has some beautiful beaches and Bogmolo beach 

is one of them. Today’s post is a soft pastel painting of

this stunning beach on

Canson Mi Teintes

“The Morning Calm”

A soft pastel painting on Canson Mi Teintes paper 

Size: 5” X 7”

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my pastel artworks CLICK HERE. ( I have created

 a detailed post in the past )Thank you for browsing 

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A soft pastel painting of “Frothy Sea Waves” by Manju Panchal

Choose only one master - Nature”.  Rembrandt

The soft pastel painting below is inspired by the beautiful “Frothy sea waves” which 

reach the shore after a long journey. When observed closely, 

the froth creates interesting shadow patterns on the sands 

below. Soft pastel, I feel, is a great medium to capture the beauty 

of these waves on paper.

For most of my pastel paintings, my preferred choice of paper

 is undoubtedly “Canson Mi Teintes” which is available 

in many different shades. 

Frothy Sea waves

A Soft pastel painting on Canson Mi Teintes Touch paper

Size: 5” X 7”

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 for my pastel artworks CLICK HERE. 

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 on INSTAGRAM and you can also browse 

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Pastel landscape painitng by Manju Panchal

" Choose only one master - Nature " Rembrandt

I decided to capture this scene, which I came across while we 

were traveling on the coastal roads of Goa,  using 

soft pastel medium. I primarily use

 Mungyo and Kohinoor Toison Dor

 in the initial layers and give the final

 touches of Sennelier pastels. 

( Purchased from Amazon.in ). 

"On the coastal road in Goa"

Soft pastel painting on Canson Mi Teintes Touch paper

Size 5" X 7"

To know more about the papers I have been using

 for my pastel artworks CLICK HERE. 

Follow my latest works and techniques

 on INSTAGRAM and you can also browse 

through my posts on my BLOG.

Step by step - A soft pastel painting of a landscape by Manju Panchal

"Colour is the pulse of the painting." Michele Cooper

The pastel painting as below is of a morning scene from 

Keoladeo Ghana National Park, in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

I visited this beautiful Sanctuary in the month

 of November, some years back. 

 The morning sun rays  lit up the tall dry grass

 blades and the scene came up live and vibrant with colours. 

The warm colours  of the sunlit grass was such a contrast to the

 cool colours of the shadows in the surroundings.

The Morning Glow

Soft pastel painting on Canson MT paper

Size 6"X 8"

The soft pastel painting as above progressed in stages. 

I am posting two images below.

Step 1. Keeping the composition in mind, I drew a faint outline

and then blocked in the major shapes using the underlying 

dark colours keeping in mind the values.

( The sky and water were painted in similar colours )

Step 2. Started the second layer of colours, adding details and
strokes to suggest foliage, grass etc.Smudging only
if required, else I just leave original pastel strokes.

Step 3. In the final stage of the pastel painting, added highlights
and few other details.

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