Beautiful Spaniels make lovely pastel dog portraits Mostly, I’m working at my easel and my pet portraits are secret Christmas commissions, surprises by generous partners or family and friends. So I can’t share as much as I would like of my work in progress of dog portraits and horse portraits. I just had lovely owner …
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Pastel of people and Pet portraits
Pet portraits, pastel seascapes and portraits of people Pastels are a versatile media and recently I’ve been exploring different ways of working with both my dog portraits and Dorset seascapes. I have always enjoyed pastels for pet portraits, they have a natural quality that suits animal fur. I use the best quality materials and Jacksons …
A new Etsy Shop
Etsy Shop I’ve always admired Etsy’s beautiful website and the collection of artists and craft makers. Its the perfect platform for my updated card listing, for a limited time the cards are discounted to £1.99. I hope you’ll enjoy visiting the display, let me know how you find it. You will need to create an …
House portraits – a lovely gift
House portraits – a lovely gift With Summer approaching it’s a lovely time to consider a house portrait as a lasting memory of your family home. More information here We can plan for a birthday or anniversary and capture your garden at its best. Using new flowering plants as inspiration or perhaps old photos for …
This is day 1 for one of my students on paper she stretched 20 years ago. Having packed away her art materials to return to work after children, it didn’t take long to revive her skills! What a fantastic result!
Hope the start of spring has started you thinking about drawing the lovely Dorset scenery as it comes back to life. My pastel workshops are hosted by Stewarts Garden Centre, in the Phoenix Centre, Wimborne. It’s a great with room with natural light and lots of space. The courses are suitable for beginners and experienced …
Pastel workshops run by Nina Squire. Beautiful chickens by Deanne. More info here http://www.thepastelartist.co.uk/workshops.htm Woodpecker by Kate
My pastel workshops have been running for a few weeks, kindly hosted by Stewarts Garden Centre. We’ve been looking at different themes during the sessions. This week farm yard animals took over! Joyce found some fantastic pigs whilst out in Dorset. This is her finished pastel painting of them! They are brilliant! Gilly found these cows …