Making the Most of Dust!

Ground into a fine powder

Little bits of pastel stick

Adding water a little at a time to make a paste

Hello friends and fellow pastelists!!

Here's a handy tip for all those teeny tiny pastel sticks that become to small to handle....

Sometimes I gather the dust in my dust catcher on my easel. This produces usually a dull gray powder .  But gray is very useful as we all know.  However, when there are enough small pastel bits of the same color family ready to be ground up, the results are a lovely mix of the hue! 

It's kind of like baking...put all the ingredients together and then wait and see what you get!!

Let's see....can this be applied to LIFE?  MMMMM....

Got a lot of little annoyances/resentments on your mind?  Imagine grinding them up into a fine powder of beautiful color and luminosity....add a little surrender ( water ) ...and Voilá...

a new ATTITUDE!!  Changed attitudes can make all the difference in life.....

Voilá! New pastel sticks!