Fragility and Brokenness
Having recently joined the Unison Colour community as an Associate Artist, I was excited to interact with other pastellists in Unison’s Facebook Group. Early on, I was intrigued by the comments on a fairly sad posting.
Soft Pastel Stories
Colourful Chronicles
Learn new techniques, hear artist's stories, and stay up to date on Soft Pastel News.
Cornwall in Pastel and Paint
For well over a year Amy Shuckburgh has been working on a collection of pictures of Cornwall. Amy lives in London, but has Cornish relations and has been going there nearly every summer since she was a child.
5 Day Pastel Challenge with Sue Kerrigan-Harris
Join us for a 5 Day Pastel Challenge, where Associate Artist Sue Kerrigan-Harris will guide you through the creation of a portrait of Black Spaniel, Bailey.
Artist’s First Steps
In Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is the combination of the two Chinese characters, ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity’ and upon reflection over this lockdown period I feel that these two words do indeed illustrate what a crisis such as Covid-19 actually is.
Emma Colbert Live Q&A
We have a live Q&A session with Unison Colour Associate Artist, Emma Colbert, coming up on Wednesday 30th September at 6pm (GMT +1).
Sometimes You Just Need A Waterfall
Tracey Maras shares her thought process on revisiting a painting, long after its initial creation.
Announcing More New Associate Artists
We can now announce our second group of new Associate Artists to Unison Colour. Our Associate Artists perform a fantastic role for Unison Colour and we are proud to welcome the following people...
Pastels – Love from the First Touch
My first pastels experience happened when I was in the School of Arts at one of the plein airs, during which, students were allowed to take different materials and try mixed techniques.
Finding Yourself in Art
As artists, we all crave to cut our own path in art and get recognition for work. ‘Originality’ might be an advanced subject, but once an artist is comfortable with their medium, the next quest would be to forge signature work that snowballs the artist up into the next level.
5 Day Pastel Challenge with Fiona Carvell
Looking for your next Pastelling Challenge? We have an exclusive 5 Day Challenge with Award Winning Artist, Fiona Carvell.
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.
Exploratory Sketches
Do you work from photos or from life? This is not an either/or question. There are pros and cons to either approach and I prefer the best of both worlds.