Soft Pastel Techniques in Floral Painting
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.
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Rediscovering An Old Love
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...
New Hand Drawn Colour Charts from Unison Colour
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.
Pets and Pastels
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.
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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...
Being Brave With Colour
One of my biggest ‘ah ha’ moments has been discovering that ‘copying’ rather than ‘creating’ can result in very dull work. So, what do I mean by that?
New Summer Mini Soft Pastel Set
A new pastel set to celebrate the colours of Midsummer's Day. Perfect for capturing your colourful flowers, summer holiday or a relaxing day in the garden.
Discovering Reflected Color
When asked to identify the color of a shadow, it is common to respond that it would be a darker color of whatever is in shadow. A shadow of a tree on green grass would be a darker green. A shadow of the same tree on dirt would be a darker brown.
Garden of Colour and Flight
On two sides looking out the windows is the woods, the view begins not four foot off the sidewalls where trees and open forest floor slope up and gently away. When the spring rain comes, water gathers in the high places and forms water falling streams that run toward and alongside the studio heading toward…
Working with a Limited Colour Palette
Introduction Limiting our palette may seem counter-intuitive when there is such a huge range of pastel colours available, all in beautiful and enticing colours. But have you ever found yourself stuck in a moment of indecision because there are just too many colours to choose from and you don't know where to begin? Or working…
Wet and Dry Pastels
A written guide exploring ways to use your pastels both wet and dry or combine with other media to create loose and lively work. Unison Colour pastels have the wonderful quality of lending themselves to working in combination with water for a looser, more painterly effect in your pastel drawings. Working on a robust paper…
Announcing the upcoming 5 Day Pastel Challenge: Vibrant Still Life with Caitlin Heslop
It's been a little while since our last Challenge, so we’re very pleased to announce the forthcoming 5 Day Pastel Challenge: Vibrant Still Life with Caitlin Heslop, which will be held from Mon 3rd – Fri 7th June.
