A very happy new year to all my lovely readers. I can not believe it is the 8th January already scary or what? It was back to uni for me this week, working hard preparing for the assessment on Monday 13th. However, its not been all work I did manage to fit in a bit of retail therapy last Friday. Hubby and I went to Aintree retail park and popped into Dunelm Mill where I buy my cotton. They have the tiniest craft section and I always have to have a nose. This time I got a real bargain 24 Derwent Pastel Pencils £14.99 half price in the sale. Now I am not a big fan of pastels,which are normally in blocks not pencils, mainly because I'm not really sure how to use them. I find them cumbersome and awkward. Oh joy of joys this is so not the case with these pastel pencils, I am totally smitten. Here is my attempt at a pomegranate and I am so pleased with it. I have also drawn an onion and again the pencils are lovely to work with. I just need to buy some fixative as pastels tend to smudge, you can use hairspray, which I did but ran out last night.
6 comments:
I did an art class once,, and did some good drawings with the chunky pastels. Great fun!! I like your pomegranate!
what fun to be experimenting with a new medium :-)
It looks amazing.
Hi Caz ooo envious I would love to do some drawing classes not enough time to fit one in at the minute. x
Hi Kath yes it was a bit scary but turned out well in the end shall be having quite a few play days with this medium. x
Hi Susie, thank you and welcome to my blog x
Happy New Year Susan. Bargain pencils - love your pomegranate. I have some but must admit they are not my favourite medium.Now, oil pastels I love! xx
Hi Lin all the best to you too hun. I am terrified of oils wouldn't have a clue what to do with them. I think for now I'll stick with experiementing with the pastels for a while :) x
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