
Interview with an Associate Artist: Rebecca de Mendonça
In today’s “Interview with an Associate Artist” we’ll be chatting to Rebecca de Mendonça. Rebecca has enjoyed a varied career in the arts.
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In today’s “Interview with an Associate Artist” we’ll be chatting to Rebecca de Mendonça. Rebecca has enjoyed a varied career in the arts.

It's our pleasure once again to bring you the next 5 Day Pastel Challenge - Spring Glow with Julie Skoda, beginning Monday 24th April

This month we said farewell to arguably our most prolific Unison Colour pastel maker, Eileen.

In the first “Interview with an Associate Artist” Steve will be chatting to Lyn Asselta. Based in Maine, US, Lyn is particularly known for her evocative, textural landscapes.

Painting 'En Plein Air' can be a little daunting at times, especially if you've never done it before, so let me put your mind at ease and hopefully provide you with the motivation to go painting 'En Plein Air'

If you think you have no space in your home to set up a designated area to make art - think again! You could use any of the following locations...

Our senses have evolved to filter out and ignore the majority of information around us. Evolution is a very efficient thing; it doesn’t tend to waste energy developing anything that’s not essential to an organism.

Since many of my paintings incorporate wildlife, I must frequently rely on quickly taken photos to capture the moment.

The first difficulty in depicting a rainbow in pastel is not the rainbow itself but rather the treatment of the pastel dust in the underlying layers so that the beauty of the rainbow’s colours sit resplendent on top.

Painting portraits can be intimidating if you are unsure of where to begin. For me, it is that initial layer of pastel that makes the subject start to take shape.

Are you in the ‘too many colours is not enough’ camp? or the ‘less is more’ camp when it comes to having colours to choose from?

When you’re not a painter of trees and lakes, but you ARE a painter, you need to find what subject or subjects make you want to drop everything and head to your studio.