Blue Dancer

The Townsend pastels ("soft form") are very gritty-feeling and fill up the tooth pretty much instantly, but there are some wonderful deep rich blues (I own a handful of Townsends; I use 99% Unisons), and when I can get them to work, they give great results. (The red here was a Unison.)

The previous post's painting was also using Townsend blues. You kind of only get one shot at making it work, because so much pastel immediately comes off the stick into the tooth of the paper. Or at least that's what keeps happening to me. It's beautiful, but very hit-or-miss in terms of success.

Rumi, you're my rock star.

In Munnar. I walked by this and then did a double-take, came back for a photo and a laugh. I felt like I had just passed a live staging of a Thiebaud painting.

These types of "Western" sweets are still pretty rare (and not very good, my apologies if I'm offending someone) ...Indians mostly still go for traditional Indian sweets, which are usually based on solidified dairy with spices. (I, with my chocolate-seeking palate, don't like them at all, much to the bewilderment of The Husband, his relatives, and every other Indian I've ever met.)


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