Reference Photo for Tutorial 1
Image Credit Alain Picard

The following are clips from an exercise that is part of  Alain Picard’s Landscape Week in Pastel:

Limited Palette – 10 Colors
Limited to 100 Strokes

Gently blend with folded paper towel

Early Spring Sunrise
Jacki Kellum Pastel Painting

Alain Picard is an excellent teacher. He breaks painting into a study of blocks of color. That study is great for painters in any medium. I plan to register for his year-long study  of  landscapes in pastel:

What Is Bravura in Painting – What Is Painterly Painting? Focus on the Oil Paintings of John Singer Sargent