That’s a rather bold statement I realise but I mean it: Paint anything with this set of soft pastels! And the set I’m talking about is my brand new set of 36 pastels just launched by Unison Colour. It’s the one that’s taken me two years plus to develop. So why did it take me
I am THRILLED to introduce you to this month’s guest, Diane Rosen. I’ve been a huge fan of her work for years and so I held my breath as I reached out to invite her to guest post. She graciously accepted and I did a happy dance! Diane’s work always has me asking questions. Her
A couple of months ago, I published a post where framer Mitchell Jones and I chatted about a number of topics around the protective aspects of framing. As pastel artists, we need to protect our artwork from the elements (and curious fingers!). In our chat, among other things, we talked about glass choices and the
Some painters wow you with their use of colour. Others evoke an emotional response through their work. My guest this month manages to do both at the same time. Artist Loriann Signori uses the luscious vibrant colour of soft pastels to their full effect, creating luminous spaces that elicit feelings of deep pleasure. When I
I’m recently home from a wonderful and relaxing getaway to Ontario (yay to a bit of travel!!) where Cam and I spent time with family and friends. Part of our trip was a week at the White family cottage on Big Rideau Lake where I planned to do some pastelling en plein air. I hadn’t
I’m always in awe of artists whose main body of work is made up of work they’ve done en plein air. Lorenzo Chavez, our guest this month, is one of those amazing artists who paints mostly on location. In fact, as I was starting to organize this blog post, I emailed a question to Lorenzo.
I’ve written on this topic of translating your thumbnail before (click here to read an earlier post on it), but I think it’s good to repeat the idea as it does tend to be a stumbling block for many students. So what am I talking about? You create a black, white, and grey thumbnail and
Every October for the last four years, I’ve run a 31-pastels-in-31-days Challenge in my HowToPastel Facebook group. It’s awesome to see all the work and everyone pushing themselves (cos the going does get tough!). I think it was in our first or second year when this month’s guest, Silja Salmistu, was posting her still life
Pastel paintings need to be protected…that’s just the way it is. A piece can be smudged (and changed dramatically) if left uncovered or at least where fingers other than yours can get at it! That pastel pieces need to be protected before putting them on display is probably the main downside to using pastels (and
I’m delighted to introduce you to this month’s guest blogger, UK artist Janine Baldwin. (I wrote about one of Janine’s pieces in a roundup – you can read it here). When I look at Janine Baldwin’s work, I can feel her response to her environment. She explores this relationship with vigorous strokes, with gestural lines, with scribbles,
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