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‘I just opened a box of your pastels that was immersed in sea water and roughed up by Hurricane Sandy. I’d given them up as lost but finally opened the box.’
Unison Colour sponsored one of the awards for the annual PSNH National Juried Show 2018. This show is organised by the Pastel Society of New Hampshire.
Sir Gordon Bennett is a destination where everything that has been designed & manufactured has been done so in Great Britain.
Congratulations to RS Weinblatt who is currently exhibiting in Tiyuan, China alongside none other than Andy Warhol! Rob is showing original paintings as well as silk screened silk scarves with his art featured on them.
It is 2 years since we launched the Michelle Lucking Beach Set & to celebrate this we would like to offer you the opportunity to purchase this beautiful set at a discounted price for a limited time only!
We are often asked which paper is the best to use for our soft pastels. I asked 3 of our Associate Artists for their opinion.
I had been delighted to have been asked to demonstrate & promote my very favourite pastels UNISON (what else!) I have been using these since I first discovered them in the Skipton Art Shop in approx 1988, my goodness showing my age now.
All of us as artists have busy lives! As it goes, some of the things we are obliged to have nothing to do with art! For me, as an artist and committed pastelist, I still, on a daily basis, strive to find that everyday time to paint, regardless of how little time I have.
Our first plein air day here at La Grande Maslerie, Roullours, Normandy, France. It was a wonderful morning with glorious sunshine so we headed to a nearby pond with water lilies au Monet!
On a recent trip to New York City I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Private View of “Scale: Possibilities of Perspective” at the Children’s Museum of the Arts; where one of my favourite pastellists, Zaria Forman is exhibiting two of her beautiful paintings.
Yorkshire artist Lucy Pittaway has been named the UK’s ‘Most Popular Selling Published Artist’ 2018 by the Fine Art Trade Guild at their annual awards in London, reflecting not only the number of pieces of artwork sold, but additionally chosen against the popularity and following of the artwork.
Unison Colour pastels are very buildable. Try mixing colours by applying one on top of the other then use a blending stick to the mix (also called a tortillon).
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