Pastel painting, daffodils, Viaduct Flats
#pastel on #pastelmat, #Alfrescoes #pleinair
It was a dry (no rain!) morning at Viaduct Flats with The Alfrescoes, plein air painting group. I hiked to my chosen spot, got set up, then realized I'd forgotten my pastels, sigh. So, I took photos and did my painting at home.
A photo of a postcard reproduction of a painting, a naked white lady, viewed from the back, sitting on a brown rock, surrounded by water, her brown hair held up in a bun with a cloudy sky.
I'm getting excited about how this study is coming along. On the left is a postcard of Félix Vallotton's "Baigneuse sur un rocher" - Bather on a rock.
I'm new to pastels, and this is Pastelmat paper - it's a fun exercise. We'll see if I can make the pastels […]
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Drawing of upper torso and facial profile of male model Fabien. He has his left arm framing his head while his right upper arm passes under his chin and bends upwards at the elbow along the jaw line so that the upturned palm of the hand covers the left axilla. His ribcage is swept upwards, revealing the ribcage arch.
Very many thanks indeed to @lartencorps.bsky.social for this most wonderfully lit and truly fabulous pose!
Pitt Pastel on Pastelmat
#hands #forearms #torso #profile #shadowplay #pastel #pastelmat #clairefontaine #anatomystudy #fleshtones #twistedpose #fineart #artshare #professionalmuse
A coloured pencil drawing of a blue daisy with a drops of rain on it. The centre is a golden brown on the edges and yellow in the middle while the daisy like leaves are blue.
Did this drawing on pastelmat paper. Found the surface it quite difficult to work with.
#art #colouredpencil #drawing #sketch #pastelmat #flowers #daisy #bluedaisy #nature #flora
Since then I’ve done three pictures on #Pastelmat. One in #pastelpencils& the other in my favourite #polychromos #colouredpencil These were from photos taken in the Cairngorms by a friend of our daughter’s. All fitted around a hip operation #natureart
Pastel painting depicting 3 pieces of lemon.
Photo of the subject I used for the painting.
Soft pastels on Pastelmat
30x40 cm
Today's study with subject from my own kitchen. Another epic failure at limited palette: I began laying 9 chalks and ended up using about 30😬
#pastel #pastelartist #softpastels #lemons #pastelmat #stilllife #palette #wip #painting
A blue daisy like flower with a yellow and orange centre coloured with coloured pencils. The background is the natural pastel orange of the paper.
Another free online workshop I’ve been doing tonight with Kirsty Partridge. Work in progress of a coloured pencil drawing on pastelmat. Don’t have all the colours so blending on the paper.
#art #wip #pastelmat #colouredpencil #flower #nature
At the other end of the country a friend doing nature photography in the Cairngorms snapped some crested tits. With his permission I used a photo to draw this crested tit #colouredpencil on #pastelmat. Before we left I recall blue tits & coal tits in our wee garden
This was the first and last time I've worked with Pastelbord (Hardboard coated with clay ground). Unlike with quality coated pastel paper (like #Sennelier laCarte and #Pastelmat), on pastelboard the soft pastel doesn't stay in the tooth of the substrate needing layers and layers of fixative....
A cheeky cheetah gives the viewer a 'look'.
I haven't posted too much lately because the world is trash and it's got me down, but I am still working! #wip for @jasiri.de is coming along, bit by bit. #colorpencil on #pastelmat #wip #art #cheetah #furry #bigcat
A work in progress drawing of a cheetah named Jasiri. The piece is in the process of being finished, and the area around the eyes is the newest section. Many parts of the drawing are marked out, as well as the left side of the image where the character's neck extends has already been fully textured and rendered.
Been busy today and haven't really had the time to sit down and dedicate to streaming, but I did get a teeny tiny bit of progress on @jasiri.de's piece. Inching along!
#fabercastell #Polychromos on #clairfontaine #Pastelmat.
#wip #art #cheetah #bigcat #furryart #furry #conbadge #commission
First commission of 2026 completed, a commemorative piece of Sunny the Cornsnake. Wasn't he gorgeous? #pastelmat #polychromos #pittpastels #panpastels #petportrait
A realistic drawing of a red fox at night, staring straight out of the picture directly at the viewer with a dark blurred background of a hedgerow/long grasses.
I'm so pleased with this drawing
Fox
Coloured pencil with pastel background on #clairfontainepastelmat
A4
#Fox #britishwildlife
#art #naturalart #animalart #colouredpencil #mixedmedia #drawing #Foxy #redfox #artist #carandache #pastelmat
A Christmas commission shared with permission. This sweetie is Millie in pastels and Polychromos on Pastelmat board. #pastelmat #petportraits #polychromos #pittpastels
Alfie 😉 On the drawing his face is 5 cm by 5 cm, so he is extra tricky, but I think you can tell it's him 😉 So more progress today, but still not finished (and Alfie needs polishing)
#softpasteldrawi̇ng #softpastelportrait #fabercastellpastelpencils #senneliercrayonspastel #pastelmat
Pencil of a young boy looking at bubbles. Pencil on paper
All kids like bubbles, this is called Bubble Boy, Pencil on Pastelmat 24cm x 32cm commissions available #portrait #pencil #pencilart #pastelmat #womanartist #greatgiftideas #artist #artforsale #pencilonpaper
Working on Aunt Polly, my favourite character in Peaky Blinders. The amazing Helen McCrory is still greatly missed!
#pastelmat #pastelportraits #pasteldrawing #senneliercrayonspastel #fabercastellpastelpencils #peakyblinders
Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks
Pencil portrait of Ron and Russell Mael of @sparksofficial.bsky.social
#fanart #ronmael #russellmael
#portraitdrawing #pencildrawing #pastelmat
Portrait of a young boy, drawn in pencil
I have been doing portraits of my grandson from birth, watching him develop and grow,😊 he is 16 mths here. 24x32cm pencil on Pastelmat #pencildrawings #pastelmat #portraits
John Shelby is coming along 😉
#pastelmat #pastelportraits #pasteldrawing #senneliercrayonspastel #fabercastellpastelpencils #peakyblinders
Ribbit! Ribbit
#frog #pasteldrawing #art #amphibian #pastelmat #ukartist #herefordshireartist
#pastel #pondlife #mygarden #commonfrog #frogs #artist #britishartist #sketch
I'm having a lot of fun with this. It's going to take quite some time to finish, though 😉
#senneliercrayonspastel #softpasteldrawi̇ng #fabercastellpastelpencils #pastelmat #pastelportraits @sennelier1887 @pastelmat_clairefontaine
Working on something other than birds!😂 This is just one of the ten faces on this piece. She isn't perfect yet, but she's getting there 😉
#pastelmat #pasteldrawing #senneliercrayonspastel #pastelportraits #fabercastell #fabercastellpastelpencils @sennelier1887 @pastelmat_clairefontaine
Pastel painting of a view on the Montmartre district at sunset from the window of an apartment in Paris, where I've been staying this summer. Vivid sunset colours in the sky and a more dimmed palette for the buildings (Siena, blue/gray and creme tones).
La ville derrière les volets
#Pastel on #Pastelmat
40x30 cm
The second #PastelPainting of my Parisian series. I've always been charmed by Parisian rooftops and chimneys. More versions of this #cityscape to come.
#pastelart #sunset #paris #art #painting #feance #rooftops
