I saw a great demo this week at San Diego Watercolor Society given by Catherine Gill. She's a phenomenal plein air artist who works with Watercolor and pastel together. I've worked with pastel and watercolor as a combo also so it was great to see another artist's version of the process.
So with that in mind I gave some demos combining the two mediums with my personal twist.
The paper was soaked first in water for about 15 min. Pastel lines were drawn for shapes and color arrangement. rich charged watercolor washes were added....Catherine called it the ooze factor....
more watercolor and pastel combos added...all on wet paper. 
This demo was based on fish hooks but they ended up becoming real fishy......same process with watercolor and pastels......
and this last painting....not completed....was based on Wayne Thiebaud style of altering perspective angles. This time the paper was not soaked in water but I did start out wetting the paper and painting watercolor washes. Some pastel lines were added while the paper was wet. When the paper dried I started to add pastels using blending and layering techniques.
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i just happened upon your blog,, do you use oil pastels> email vivianhelena@sti.net thank you.
Hi Vivian,
I don't use oil pastels..these are soft and hard pastels.
Thanks for having a look!
I love your watercolors! Can't wait to take another class from you.
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