Tag Archives: pastel

Feeling foxy

Here are a number of my latest creations, a bit of a fox theme going on 😀. I have been experimenting with some different papers, and I must admit to a new favourite being suede mat board, I love the … Continue reading

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Preparing for Hampshire open studio

I have been busy painting and getting a few prints done. Our Hampshire open studio begins this Saturday 19th August and runs through to Monday 28th August. I was chuffed to bits when I received the brochure as they had … Continue reading

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A catch up of some recent works

I really need to apologise for not posting very frequently lately, however now the Christmas season is over, and we are into a fresh new year, I hope to get back to a little normality ( whatever that maybe)? Here … Continue reading

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Inky I think!

This weekend I have been playing with inks, but for a change I have used water soluble, rather than the carbon water resistant ink, let’s just say, I got very inky fingers. It was a lot of fun, but quite … Continue reading

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‘That’s my girl’ watercolour and a little pastel

Today I painted something I have avoided for a long time, for many reasons, firstly although my star model is furry ( big plus for me) she is black, now I do find black animals quite a problem, mainly because … Continue reading

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Picking up the pastels after a month of watercolour fun

Worried that I might have forgotten how to use many of my other mediums after a great month of watercolour, I grabbed the pastels out of the box ( I am back on some large oil paintings, but pastel is … Continue reading

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30#worldwatercolormonth ‘some quick practice’

I am wondering if anybody has some spare time to help me out, I am thinking of getting some greeting cards printed, about four image designs, my problem is deciding which would be the best pictures to have as a … Continue reading

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‘ lottie’ pastel study

I guess this was more of a trial, using pastel to do a horse. I love pastel, but I usually use them in combination with watercolour, and usually hairy creatures like dogs, but this one was a large study purely … Continue reading

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‘Party pup’ charcoal and pastel

This was a really fun picture of a very happy party pup, I got the reference photograph from the sktchy app. It’s a great place to visit if you get stuck for inspiration.

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a study of ‘tenor’ in oil pastel and watercolour

Day 2 of world watercolour month, this is a combination of pieces, showing my study of Tenor, my friends Andalusian horse, although the two large pieces are oil, the study I quickly did involved watercolour.

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