Taking an Online Soft Pastel Workshop
Nina Squire
20th August, 2021
8 Comments
Like most of us, these last few months have meant lots of changes to the way I work. One of my unexpected confessions is that
Artist Blogs
Delve into our vast collection of guest blogs, and read about the intriguing methods that artists apply, while using Unison Colour pastels.
The Plan is Subject to Change
Tracey Maras
6th August, 2021
9 Comments
I am a planner (and not ashamed to admit it). While I may spend time sketching for fun, when beginning a new painting, I always have a plan.
Using Texture in the Support for your Pastel Art
Kay Cullen
30th July, 2021
4 Comments
A few months ago, I prepared some acid-free mount boards with a mixture of gesso marble dust and a small amount of water. I painted it on, purposely leaving painterly marks with the brush.
A Pink Letter Day!
Judy Tate
16th July, 2021
26 Comments
So, like many other artists, I do get some scam emails, purporting to be interested buyers from overseas. It is a common problem. These scams are very clever and we need to be very alert to the issue.
Sketch pads, Pause Buttons & Pastel Dust
Stuart Walton
9th July, 2021
14 Comments
How many times however do we see something and regret that we didn’t bring paper and pencil with us. Not all of us can be like Toulouse Lautrec who could doodle on the menu card at the Folies Bergere.
Out with the old and in with the new!
Greg Drumm
1st July, 2021
13 Comments
How many of you have had a soft pastel painting/s, which are framed and possibly have been in an exhibition and / or galleries over a period yet are returned unsold?
Plein Air to Pastel Painting
Dawn Limbert
25th June, 2021
48 Comments
As a pastel artist who loves to paint landscapes, sketching in my local nature reserve in North London is at the heart of my practice.
Goals to Success – Thinking ‘SMART’ as an approach to art
Meral Altilar
22nd June, 2021
10 Comments
In the world around us today, for many, social media and the world of technology has changed how art is shared and experienced. This can be a blessing and a curse.
Happy Accidents?
David Shkolny
15th June, 2021
9 Comments
Several years ago, 2012 to be precise, my pastel painting took a side road off the path I had been following for a long time.
Portraiture and Unison Colour Soft Pastels
Jack Barnhill
8th June, 2021
20 Comments
My travels developed in me a love for the Human face in all its myriad colour and contours. People all over the world share a common humanity we seem to have forgotten. Merriment in a child’s eyes are the same in Iraq as Panama.
Locked Down and Dirty
Nigel Smith
4th June, 2021
11 Comments
One of the good things about lockdown this year has been reducing the commute between me and my Unison pastels.
The Wheel of Fortune
Steve Hall
25th May, 2021
8 Comments
I have only come to pastel painting in the last two years, being a watercolour painter and teacher for almost a quarter of a century prior to that.
