I did this tonal study for a new painting I have in mind. I sketched the scene when we were on Barra so I could refer to it in the studio.
Croft Ardmhor, Barra Charcoal and Conte
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Category Archives: Pastel
Croft Study, Uist, Pastel
Doing this study took me right back to the Outer Hebrides and its quirky landscape.
Lessons From Life Drawing
Just back from a tour of some of the Hebridean islands. A great trip which has given me lots of inspiration. The recent life drawing class lesson was using charcoal to get an idea of the shapes then coming in with conte to define the drawing. I chose to use this technique to do a landscape study from the ferry ride looking to the Uist hills.
September Sunset, Pastel Sketch SOLD
September is a favourite month off mine. I particularly love the sunsets you see in this season. I saw the sun setting last night and just had to paint it.
Sunflowers By Blue Door, Pastel
Today the weather was really wet so I used photo reference to do this cheery sunflower.
Honey Bee’s on Butterfly Lavender, Pastel SOLD
I was catching up with gardening today. I decided to stop and get my pastels out as the bee’s on the lavender were quite captivating. They really are a fast moving subject but I liked the challenge.
White Japanese Roses, Pastel
I am just in from the garden having done this painting for the blog. I had to wait until it cooled down as we are having a mini heat wave just now. The sunlight was shining on the roses and made them glow. When I brought the painting in I noticed the greenfly were on my painted flowers!
Outside The Ice Cream Shop, Pastel Sketch
This is a warm up exercise in preparation for a larger studio painting. The sketch only took me minutes to do however this study helped me to plan out colour and composition.
Orange VW Poptop, Watercolour Wax Pastel SOLD
Today we were at the Tayside Classic Car Club show at Errol. A beautiful day with some threatening clouds. This orange VW campervan caught my eye and I just had to sketch and paint it. These vehicles always put a smile on my face as they are so cute and practical.
Boat And Nets, Pittenweem, Pastel Sketch
Today I was out collecting paintings after an exhibition and went on to Pittenweem to do some outdoor painting. This was a study I did down by the harbour. The boat you can see had Pittenweem written on the side. Pittenweem is always an interesting place to visit and paint.