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You've just got your lovely new set of Unison Soft Pastels for Christmas and you can't bear to take them out of the box let alone break them - they look so pretty!
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You've just got your lovely new set of Unison Soft Pastels for Christmas and you can't bear to take them out of the box let alone break them - they look so pretty!

I’m relatively new to pastels (I normally paint in oil). I wasn’t sure about signing up for this challenge, mainly because I didn’t know the instructor, and am definitely not familiar with the moors landscape in England.

For most of my life I assumed art was not for me, obviously I tried it at school, but I was never that good.

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.

On 8th December the ‘Inspired by Our Land’ Exhibition opens at The Sill Discovery Centre.

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.