Sunlight on the Lily Pads

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Do like the colours here especially in the central bottom leaf - not quite so sure about the top leaf but all in all a great piece Val

Posted by Michael Edwards on Mon 23 Sep 07:15:49

Lovely colours Val, I like your shadows of the stems and the pink leaf in front makes it stand out.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 23 Sep 10:02:42

Just lovely Val, I'm glad I'm not the only one struggling with pencils, just cant seem to get the result I want.

Posted by karyl Quigley on Mon 23 Sep 10:18:23

Can't see any disaster here, Val. The colors glow and the entire piece is very well composed and attractive.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Mon 23 Sep 12:01:57

Really like this one Val, especially all the shadows.

Posted by Debs Jones on Mon 23 Sep 16:22:06

Many thanks ladies and Michael, don't think my oil pastels will be wearing out any time soon though LOL. Back to my first love, soft pastels :)

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 23 Sep 17:06:34

However you achieved it, it looks good!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 24 Sep 17:14:03

I thought you said you weren't an expert in oil pastels Val! Well this looks pretty good to me. Seems you are having a creative time at the moment. It's good fun tho' to try something different.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Mon 28 Oct 22:46:09

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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This was an attempt at rescuing a disaster. I read somewhere that coloured pencils worked well on pastelmat so I thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately I chose a black piece of pastelmat so the pencils didn't give the the depth of colour I wanted. ( Should have known that shouldn't I? ) Anyway I decided to try and revive it by blowing the cobwebs off my box of oil pastels and giving them a go. This is the result. The bottom half is oil pastels over CP's and the top half is pure oil pastel.

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Val Kenyon

I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…

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