Wrinkles

Your elephant is brilliant Hazel, but I had to look more than once because the branch(?) in the foreground looked like it was part of the elephant's trunk (impossible) and that the"elongated" trunk was bending back on itself and and wriggling off to our left! Thanks for your comment about the pastelmat paper, something to be aware of.

Hi Lala, thanks for looking at my elephant. Yeah I see what you mean about its trunk. In the actual picture there is more of a colour difference between the two, so I don't think it really looks that way, the camera is not as true with the colours, but I think I may widen the branch and make it longer so it can't be confused as a weird looking trunk!

The only thing I could suggest, and I'm an absolutely ROTTEN pastellist, is that you fix the layers before adding more detail. But then I saw Lala's point - actually I don't think that branch is a problem in terms of looking like an extension of the trunk. And if any of that helps at all, I should be surprised. Retires in confusion.

Thanks for commenting Robert. I do actually have a tin of fixative, used it once but it dulled the picture, I forgot you could use it to fix the initial stages.... rubbish at remembering things! You see, your comments are worthwhile!!

love this,beautiful work.