Tag Archives: pastel pencil

Lockdown challenge

Very early in the lockdown, when we were all meant to stay home, our local art shop, Pegasus Art (Pegasusart.co.uk) set a daily challenge to keep us focused. I didn’t do all of them, but they were a stimulus, which was welcome. These are a selection of what I produced.

Old Harry Rocks from Studland Beach. Pastel pencil on board
Sikkimese prayer flags. Pastel pencil on board.
Skinny dipping in the sunshine. Acrylic on canvas. (I gave this picture to the swimmer)
Self portrait. Pastel pencil on board
Donkey. Soft pastel on Canson paper
Carcassonne. Pencil sketch
Summer’s day. A really poor digital sketch.

Saturday drop in life class at Stroud College of Arts and Sience

I went to Keith Simmons Saturday session as I am getting very rusty at drawing. A very good model, who I have drawn several times before. And a relief to be drawing a young woman for a change, rather than an odd assortment of old men, which seems to have been the staple for the last few weeks. A range of media, from pastel pencil, through charcoal to simple pencil. I think pencil works better on a smaller scale, so I must try that sometime. I just tend to fill the page, whatever size it is.