Sennelier La Carta Pastel card ( Review )

“A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art does not.” Leonardo Da Vinci

For a very very long time, I have been using only  Canson Mi Teintes paper  for my soft pastel artworks. However lately I began exploring La Carte Pastel card by Sennelier which I purchased from Blick Art Materials a while ago. It’s not that I am unhappy with Canson paper as a choice but there are times when I feel the need to add more than three to four layers which gets difficult in Canson Mi Teintes paper as it’s surface cannot hold more than two to three layers of pastels. Whereas a sanded paper can accept many layers of pastels on it and as an artist you get the freedom to experiment with soft, hard edges. It’s very versatile.

Below are some of my 3” X 4” soft pastel studies that I created on Sennelier La Carta pastel card and I am totally in love with it. It’s great to be working with this sanded surface and I am truly enjoying it. So if you are looking to work with a sanded paper, then do go with this one as I highly recommend it. 

To browse through my latest artworks ( I am more active these days on Instagram ), do visit my INSTAGRAM portfolio where in I share my art and my thoughts behind creating it.

 

If you wish to know more details about each of the above paintings, do browse through my Instagram portfolio where I am more regular at posting my artworks in different mediums. 

Watercolor paintings of Icebergs on Chitrapat handmade paper

“The real subject of every painting is light.”

Claude Monet

A few months ago, I happened to come across beautiful documentaries on nature on NETFLIX. The more I watched, the more I got fascinated and then my art journey took a new turn. I started painting “Icebergs” and “Glaciers”. Ideally, I would love to experience these beautiful marvels of nature myself, however I do believe that I can travel to these places via my paintings. When I create them on paper, I actually feel the atmosphere bit by bit using my brushes, paints and my thoughts. The final outcome transports me to these lovely places and I am practically in a different world.

For reference photographs, I normally browse through free sites like PIXABAY and UNSPLASH.

At times I also ask permission from photographers and travelers, and give due credit to them once the painting is done. More details about the paintings posted below can be seen on my INSTAGRAM handle, where in I am more regular at posting my works. If you have observed already, I am more into using a limited palette in each of my paintings below. When I post on Instagram, I normally mention the colours used which can be anything between three to five colour hues. ( Each colour hue could be made of one or more colour pigments ). Lesser the better. 

The paints, the brushes and the paper matter a lot when creating a Watercolor painting. I am still learning, experimenting and exploring but have realised that Chitrapat handmade paper is wonderful as it is great for wet on wet technique. In paints I majorly use Camel Artists quality Watercolor tubes and for brushes I will be writing another post soon as each of the brush that I use today has a story behind it and over a period of years I have invested in some expensive brushes which I do not regret as they have made a lot of difference in the quality of my works.

Aerial Drift

Watercolor painting on Chitrapat handmade paper 

4” X 5.5”

Gentle Drift

Watercolor painting on Chitrapat handmade paper 

3.75” X 5.5”

Watercolor painting on Chitrapat handmade paper 

4.5” X 6.5”

Resting on the blue

Watercolor painting on Chitrapat handmade paper 

5.25” X 8”

I have not been very regular at writing posts for my blog. However if you love my works you can follow me on INSTAGRAM.