I won’t be working on these peppers for a few days (as I am enjoying the much cooler weather in Montana), but here is a shot of my progress so far and how my studio is set up.

I have a slanted desk with enough workspace to hold my reference photo and my pastel paper. My pastels are on a folding table off to my right for easy access.

The strip of red paper to the right of the drawing is how I test colors against the background before I put them on the page. Colors look very different on various backgrounds and red can be a bit of a challenge.

And, of course, there’s a towel underneath the desk so pup can hang out (read: sleep) when I’m working.