My first pastel still life

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Well done David! An excellent first!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 17 Aug 10:17:30

And you did it greatly, David!

Posted by Manoj Patel on Wed 17 Aug 10:31:01

Many thanks, Marjorie and Manoj - I feel I have a lot to learn yet!!

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 17 Aug 10:33:46

Love it David. Well done 👏

Posted by Faye Patrick on Wed 17 Aug 10:37:20

Really good and especially as a first attempt

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 17 Aug 10:45:10

Super pastel work David. You’ve got the shape of the fruits and the shadows perfectly.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Wed 17 Aug 10:50:11

Absolutely wonderful David.

Posted by Denise Cat on Wed 17 Aug 11:34:49

Thank you Faye, Heather, Spencer and Denise for your very encouraging comments!!

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 17 Aug 11:44:59

Great job David.

Posted by Bryan Hammond on Wed 17 Aug 13:09:05

Super, well done David.

Posted by Karen Lewis on Wed 17 Aug 14:03:22

Thank you Bryan and Karen!

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 17 Aug 14:16:56

Excellent work

Posted by Nigel Fitzgerald on Wed 17 Aug 16:33:14

Excellent first attempt David like most things in life its practice makes perfect as they say. You have demonstrated great versatility and hopefully you will surprise us with more lovely pastel work in the future David.

Posted by Chris Scott on Wed 17 Aug 16:38:51

Thank you for your support and comment, Chris.

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 17 Aug 16:39:49

Thank you, Nigel for your comment!

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 17 Aug 16:40:43

A really good first pastel ,great pair.

Posted by Anne Edwards on Wed 17 Aug 20:59:31

Thanks Anne !!

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 18 Aug 06:22:57

Superb!!

Posted by Rachel Wood on Thu 18 Aug 06:24:32

Thank you, Rachel.

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 18 Aug 06:25:44

Great job David. Hope you will enjoy them as much as I have done.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 18 Aug 08:27:37

Excellent David. It’s great to try out new mediums.

Posted by David Williams on Thu 18 Aug 09:04:12

Thank you, David. Yes I agree!!

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 18 Aug 11:11:23

Lovely David, very well done as a first attempt, we all have them, so keep going, looking forward to more

Posted by Cheryl Allen on Mon 22 Aug 15:32:45

Made me hungry it is so well done

Posted by Michael Myles on Thu 05 Jan 09:26:23

Shows a lot of promise David , thanks a lot for your kind words on my latest

Posted by Dermot Brennan on Mon 17 Apr 16:53:55

Hang on Studio Wall

17/08/2022

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I invested in a pad of pastelmat and this is my first attempt ever of a pastel still life!!!

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David Stevens

I am a retired civil engineer who has been sketching and painting watercolours and acrylics as a hobby for the past twenty years or so. I grew up in Africa and worked in Southern Africa and Botswana for a number of years but have spent the past forty years or so resident in England with my family. I…

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