I had big plans for this challenge – sea dragons and serpents. I drew a roaring picture of a sea serpent, twisting slimy, scaly body, ready to be traced down onto pastel paper and brought to life by my pastel pencils (I needed a little more detail than I was capable of with my soft […]
By Moonlight, 420mm x 230mm, Soft pastel & charcoal on black pastel paper I had decided on this subject before the challenge had even been announced. I had been watching a David Attenborough documentary and thought fish might be an interesting topic to play with as scales can be mesmerising (and time consuming, though they […]
Blood Lily, 300 x 300 mm, soft pastel & charcoal on black pastel paper And this is my entry for the second Creative Color Challenge – Raspberry Red. It proved to be an interesting challenge despite me having drawn many flowers before. Firstly, this flower does not exist, I made it up from various references […]
Streaming Headlights, soft pastel on black paper, 300 x 420 mm This is my entry for the first Creative Colour Challenge. The challenge was Sunflower yellow and I spent some time trying to work out what to do. I wanted to use my pastels as the media I am currently experimenting with and they also […]
I mentioned in my last post that a purple flower in my backyard inspired the initial thought to create my Cyclones painting (which is still in progress, painting day tomorrow!). This is that flower. It is a rannunculus (think Poppy), one of the first to bloom in our veggie garden (yes, we have flowers in […]
I have always been a sucker for colour. I can see something with just the right colour combination, with just the right zing, and be drawn to it across great distances. It could be something to do with my synaethesia, or being arty or just because colour and light create life, I don’t know, but […]
