PADT Challenge 42

12"x8"
colour pencil and pastel pencil on black paper

Horse from Provence

8"x11"
Soft pastels and pastel pencil on natural sienna Pastelmat
From a photograph taken by my son Kevin

Barbara's cat Pugwash

Pastel on Pastelmat

6.5"x5"

EAGLE OWL

This beautiful owl is the November Challenge from  A Day Not Wasted . I first did a quick sketch in pencil and then decided to do a pastel drawing

6"x6.5"

Pastel pencil on Pastelmat card

Irish Actor

These pictures were in response to the   A Day Not Wasted October challenge. I first did a gel pen sketch, then a pastel pencil portrait on UArt 800 pastel card. The portrait is 7" square.

THE BLUE DOOR

Soft pastel and pastel pencil on white Colourfix paper.

16"x 23"

Lee Brown ( A Day Not Wasted ) is a superb photographer, and he kindly gave me permission to create this painting from a photo he took in France, I believe during a trip to Europe last year.

PONTE VECCHIO

 I used pastel pencils on 8"x12" natural sienna Pastelmat
 for the ADNW February challenge. I was completely out
 of my comfort zone, but I persevered! I think architecture
 is not for me.

Lis's Cat Phoebe

This is the first black cat that I have painted in any medium. I used Pitt pastel pencils on anthracite Pastelmat. To obtain a rich black, I under painted the darkest fur with prussian blue, then I used black and various greys, pale blue and white to model it.
6"x7"