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For me, choosing a holiday destination will also mean choosing the right mediums and methods that are suitable for the venue and trip!
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For me, choosing a holiday destination will also mean choosing the right mediums and methods that are suitable for the venue and trip!

In this Part 1 short video, I create a mixed media painting of the Ionic Temple on the Terrace, using ArtGraf Tailor Shape blocks of water soluble pigment, watercolour and Unison Colour pastels.

Be transported to stunning upland regions in Autumn, with Stephen Fuller, in the next 5 Day Pastel Challenge.

Working alongside artists who respect your creative vision and in return who’s work you admire can create something magical to organise together.

It is such a privilege to be part of the forthcoming Exhibition ‘A Yorkshire Year’ to be held at Nunnington Hall in the heart of the North York Moors between 14 September and 15 December 2024.

As pastelists you may have come across the misguided thought that pastel paintings are more fragile, yet when prepared and framed properly they are as enduring as any other medium if not more so.

After having won a prize in 2023 for a drawing entered in the Royal Pastel Society Open Call, I was given the opportunity to select a set of pastels, to add to Unison Colour’s ‘Artist Sets’.

Music, as example of art, includes wind, keyboard and string instruments. Someone says that the piano is universal and can replace any instrument and even the entire orchestra.

As an artist with a passion for pastels, I’ve spent years dedicated to this medium, crafting pastel art kits during lockdown and leading regular pastel art workshops. However, the time came when I craved a change...

Representing the full range of Unison Colour’s 380 pastels, we've created a beautifully hand-crafted colour chart, designed and produced, in-house, by Unison Colour.

If you’re like me and the thousands of others out there, we are a nation of pet lovers. I read recently that almost one in two households in the UK has a furry, scaly or feathered friend.

Life can force you to take time out in unexpected ways. I took a tumble in March, a simple fall on my patio, broke my leg and needed an operation to fix it...