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Sue kerrigan harris how to use your unison colour soft pastels

Sue Kerrigan-Harris

Unison Colour Associate Artist

www.skhportraits.co.uk

About:

Sue is a graduate from Winchester College, England, UK, where she earnt a 1st Class Degree in Design & Technology.  Her career has gone from Glass Blower at age 19 through to Design Engineer, Teacher, Educational Product Designer and business owner.  However, her life-long ambition to capture the likeness of a person in a drawing has stayed with her since childhood.  All through her varied career was the search for her true self and her purpose in life: to be an Artist.

Sue used solely graphite until 2016 when she received a random Christmas present of 6 pastel pencils from her sister.  That moment changed her life as she immediately became intrigued by the medium.  She fell in love with pastels and discovered Unison Pastels after searching for the perfect brand to suit her techniques.

Sue is an award-winning artist and paints daily. She paints exclusively in soft pastel, working on commissions of children, adults, pets and horses.  She teaches her local class members once  a week and runs her own workshops as well as demonstrations and workshops for Art Societies. Sue also teaches online to Artists of all levels from all over the world.  Sue is an active member of her local Art Society and a committee member.

Blogs by Sue Kerrigan-Harris

  • Open studios by sue kerrigan harris feat

    What Are Open Studios & Could You Join In?

    For the last 4 years I've been taking part in Hampshire Open Studios. It's a yearly event where Artists from across the County open up their Studio to the public over a period of 10 days.

    Sue Kerrigan-Harris

    24th June, 2022

  • Pastel portrait of a dog

    The Art of a Good Drawing

    If you are a beginner to painting portraits in Pastel, this is for you, if you're struggling because you feel you'll never improve or your just starting out, this is for you and if you're looking all around you, seeing beautiful art that you'll never aspire too, this is also, for you. 

    Sue Kerrigan-Harris

    21st July, 2020

  • How i began my pastel journey

    How I Began My Pastel Journey

    My pastel journey, started in December 2015 when my sister bought me a Christmas present of 6 pastel pencils. I had no idea what they were as I’d only ever used graphite pencil. I was afraid of colour from many failed attempts with paint!

    Sue Kerrigan-Harris

    31st May, 2019

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.