And then she let go the balloon

Ugh. I am so not ready for this. 30 degrees F and waking up to this:

A small pastel from the other night. This was on my usual, Sennelier, but I have a question for you pastelists out there: I got a couple of sheets of Wallis paper to try, and cut some squares out to try prepping them with different colors of gouache underpainting (so, that includes water). I left them overnight and they curled up very badly, such that they are un-pastelable. Is Wallis not supposed to be used with water?

Miss Lemon just loves squishing her new adoptees. They never seem to mind.

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