A Yorkshire Year: Part I
Working alongside artists who respect your creative vision and in return who’s work you admire can create something magical to organise together.
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A Yorkshire Year: Part II
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.
Preparing Your Pastel Painting For Framing And Much More…
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.
Picking and unpicking ‘The Versatility Set’
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’.
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.
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.
Would you like a soft pastel painting workshop in St Ives School of Painting, Cornwall?
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.
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