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Following the recent success of our 5 Day Pastel Challenge with Rebecca De Mendonca, I thought our Unison Colour fans might like to understand what goes on behind the scenes of the 5-day challenges.
Colour is, and should, be a life-long pursuit for any artist. Its use, makes, or breaks, any artwork. Very often less is more, and colour could often be amplified by its absence.
Working on this image for so many hours made me realise what an amazing master Renoir was.
At The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre, Northumberland National Park with Unison Colour Ltd. On 8th December the ‘Inspired by Our Land’ Exhibition opens at
I had been dreaming of this set since I first tried a Unison pastel, 4 years ago.
It is so easy to get into the habit of painting from 2D reference particularly when the weather isn’t good and forget that looking at the world in 3D is essential.
This month we thought we could help some pastel artists prepare their palettes for some beautiful nightscapes, and 10 lucky winners will each win one of our Midnight 8 sets.
It’s once again with great pleasure that we welcome you to our 6th 5 Day Pastel Challenge, to be held from 22nd – 26th November.
Pastel is not a medium that you often think about mixing colour or limiting your palette. I have even heard it said, “You cannot mix colour with pastel.” I beg to differ.
I spend a lot of time thinking about how greens are seen, or not seen, how they can be captured and are so impossibly hard to capture.
You may or may not have heard of our Unison Jim, but he is becoming a bit of a star on our Instagram page! Jim
It is early days for my pastel art journey. I consider myself a complete novice when it comes to working with pastels, especially soft pastel, there´s so much to learn but I´m really looking forward to it.
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