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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…
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.
Here’s a terrifying thought. Put away the reference photo, pick up a Unison Colour soft pastel and paint.
I feel particularly blessed to be living in the Wiltshire countryside with its huge open spaces and beautiful sweeping plains. Also I feel incredibly lucky to be living in a position where I see this view of what we locally call Oliver’s Castle.
The aim of the colour wheel set is actually to help you learn the basics of colour theory and not as an ultimate set of colours with which to paint every picture.
My reason for creating this large seascape was born out of sudden grief and despair related to a loved one. The dramatic shift in my circumstances led me to be cast out to sea in a whirlwind of turbulent emotion.
I am really excited to be sharing this blog with you. The view is looking over the western side of the North Tyne Valley, towards Dallycastle in Northumberland.
As we continue to celebrate 10 years of the Northumberland Dark Sky Park, we're giving away 6 Dark Sky Pastels Sets and Tote Bags.
The ocean is one of the last truly wild places on the planet, many of its secrets yet to be discovered and one of the greatest natural resources we have...
Those that know my work know that I’m not a landscape painter. The thought of painting trees and grass and mountains gives me the willies.
This written tutorial includes an overview of the “anatomy” of sky and clouds. Knowing what to look for can make all the difference when you are gathering reference materials, whether plein air sketches, photographs, or just taking a walk.
Aloha fellow artists, I am writing from my little island in the Pacific. My name is Helen Turner and I live on the western most part of Kaua’i in the Hawaiian island chain.
