Today’s drawing depicts a daffodil in bloom. I drew it in soft pastels on A4ish pastel paper. Still struggling with pastels…
Category: Pastels
Rainbow Tulips #2
This is my third attempt in the last 3 or 4 days to capture these rainbow tulips. I hope I’m getting closer. This third sketch was painted in watercolour on watercolour paper. I added a little heightening in chalk pastel.
Rainbow Tulips #1
A couple of sketches here of some rainbow tulips. The first sketch (above) is rendered in chalk pastels, which (as has become second nature) I’ve struggled a bit with. I did it a couple of days ago but a radiator kindly burst before I had time to upload a photo of the scrawl. The second…
Kiwi Fruit #1
I finished work on a portrait a little early this morning, so was able to sneak in a quick sketch before lunch. The sketch, pictured above and below, depicts three kiwi fruit. It’s rendered in chalk pastel (with some coloured pencil) on pastel paper. In all honesty, I struggled to reproduce the basic colours in…
Daffodils #1
A pastel and pen sketch of some daffodils, drawn this afternoon at the dining room table. Until this past Autumn I hadn’t used pastels for getting on for 20 years. At the moment I’m still struggling to re-acquaint myself with them in all honesty.
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