January 16, 2023
Demonstration with Paul Borg
Demonstration with Paul Borg
In this video, Australian figurative painter, Paul Borg demonstrates painting the still life from life using soft pastels. Paul overviews his entire pastel painting process which includes working on a toned gouache ground using a limited palette of blue, red, yellow, black and white pastels, with the inclusion of vine charcoal. Particular attention is paid to drawing the block-in with charcoal and massing-in large areas of colour before focusing on smaller minuscule details and colour mixing with pastels. Additionally, Paul elaborates on his compositional decision making including balancing the weight of the subject matter, dealing with non-spaces, as well as why he selects and neglects certain areas of his subject to resolve the painting.
Paul’s website: www.paulborg.com.au
Paul's email: [email protected]
Paul school's website (Paul Borg Art School): www.paulborgartschool.com.au
Paul’s website: www.paulborg.com.au
Paul's email: [email protected]
Paul school's website (Paul Borg Art School): www.paulborgartschool.com.au