Pastel paintings & sketches

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All images on this page were commissioned subjects.

Pastel is an opaque medium, which renders darker subjects well. It is normally used with a coloured, and slightly textured paper. The paper needs to have a "tooth" to help the pigment grab, but this tends to restrict the ability to record very fine details. Pastel is most suitable for larger artwork (A3 and above) as this makes it easier to capture detail in the picture. It is more difficult to reproduce colours exactly using pastel, because pigments cannot be mixed like paints.

My pastel painting prices start at £120.