Christmas Ornaments: my own version

I used a Hahnemühle non-sanded pastel paper from my sampler set to draw the pair of ornaments taken from my fireplace decorations.

I took a photo of the entire easel scene; you can see the reference objects on the left. I also took a photo of the ornaments, and the color palette I used.

I was painting from life rather than the photo reference; the photo looks somewhat bluer and I was standing at a slightly different position taking the photo than when I was actually pasteling.

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