Pastel Pencil Feedback & Advice

Laura sent over her Beagle picture asking for some tips and advice on the background - what could she do to improve the picture? What would Colin do? In this episode Colin shares his advice and tips …

Nicole sent us a message regarding a commissions she's been asked to do. As Nicole is a member of the website she can send us her photographs and artwork for tips and advice. With this one we offered…

Linda sent in her first Portrait to us requesting some advice on achieving more contrast and help with the mouth. In this episode Colin offers his advice for Linda.

Naomi sent us her lovely picture of the Poodle Project and requested some advice on the square drawing grid system. In this episode Colin offers some tips and advice on how to work with the grids and…

One of our student's Katia sent in her lovely 3 animal pictures that she has drawn from our courses. Katia used free hand to draw the pictures and so in this episode we offer some tips for checking p…

Robyn sent in her fabulous picture of the Vase of Roses which is available as a course on our website. In this episode we talk about how great it is to put your own stamp on the pictures and finding …

Charles emailed us his picture of a lighthouse that has copied and asked for some advice on the version he has done. Charles adapted the sky and wanted to know if he had achieved a good likeness of t…

Cliff sent us his three latest pictures and asked for some advice on where to improve. He's making fantastic progress and in this episode we talk a little about base colours, what pencils are good fo…

In this episode we talk to Cliff about his first few pictures he has drawn using Pastel Pencils. Colin offers tips on gaining confidence and taking risks with the pencil strokes. We talk about his pr…

Charles sent over his landscape picture that he had completed. Charles asked for some feedback on his work and any tips that we could offer. In this episode we discuss artistic license and what to le…

One of our students Laura sent us an email about a commission she was asked to do. In this episode we highlight some of the key points when doing a picture for someone and some tips on how best to ap…

We had a great question in from Charles regarding oil pastels. Charles says:

"Good day, Steve and Colin,

I know that you have addressed Impressionism and how to achieve it using pastel pencils (thank…

Yvonne sent in her lovely picture of the Black Labrador and asked for some tips on the background. In this episode we sit down and talk about what Yvonne can do. 

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