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Su Melville

Unison Colour Associate Artist

www.sumelville.com

About:

Su, a qualified accountant, rekindled her love of art in 2006 and now runs her own art company full time.

Su loves teaching others through workshops, online tutorials and selling pastel art kits for those wanting to try professional quality Pastels – always Unison pastels as they are simply glorious to work with!

Always learning new techniques Su is drawn to faces both human and animal.

Having recently graduated from the Realist Academy in Manchester (studying traditional oil portraiture) Su is looking to transfer the skills from oils to pastels and play with heightened colour – exciting times!

Su exhibits her work in the UK and USA.

Blogs by Su Melville

  • Rediscovering an old love by su melville feat

    Rediscovering An Old Love

    As an artist with a passion for pastels, I’ve spent years dedicated to this medium, crafting pastel art kits during lockdown and leading regular pastel art workshops. However, the time came when I craved a change...

    Su Melville

    11th July, 2024

  • Starting out with soft pastels by su melville feat

    Starting out with Soft Pastels

    So many of us are nervous when we start a new hobby or a new medium, it’s daunting when we are surrounded by fabulous art wherever we turn!

    Su Melville

    21st October, 2022

Colour Chart Guidance

We believe the colours in our web based colour chart are a faithful representation of our pastel range. But with any colours portrayed on the internet, there’s a whole heap of variables which mean that what you see, may not be what we see. That said, there’s some things that can be done to mitigate some of the variance.

Mobile phone and tablet screens tend to be pretty good for colour, so they’re always worth using, when viewing our colour chart.

We hate to say it, but cheaper computer displays, including laptops, can be rather hit and miss, in both colour and contrast, so they might not reveal the depth of the colour, as well as the true tone.

If you’re really keen on getting your computer up to speed on colour representation, you can use a calibration device to reach your display's fullest potential.

With all that said, if you think we’re way off the mark with any of the colours then, by all means let us know, and we’ll give it another shot.