Mother's day bouquet

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Lovely drawing. Pastels are quite hard to get to grips with.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 28 Mar 19:00:57

Again, nice line work and interesting to see a pastel work from you. You know I prefer the watercolour don't you :)

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 28 Mar 19:18:50

Thank you Louise and Gudrun. I found the pastels hard to use and I missed the looseness of watercolour. I might have another go with the. And see if I can use them more dynamically.

Posted by Thea Cable on Tue 28 Mar 20:10:44

I think it's delightful! - Watercolour was always my medium and the first time I tried pastels I could not believe how messy they were, but by my second painting I was hooked! You need to play with them to see how they respond to different pressure and marks.

Posted by Jennifer Brown on Tue 28 Mar 20:36:59

Yes, definitely try some more.

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 28 Mar 21:13:32

Beautiful Thea

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 29 Mar 08:04:37

Delicate, ethereal and elegant. Lovely work, Thea!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 29 Mar 13:18:20

Keep at it Thea. I think that this is a super start.

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Wed 29 Mar 17:41:08

Hang on Studio Wall

28/03/2017

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I did a watercolour painting of these flowers but I decided to try it in hard pastels I have not used pastels before and I did find it very different from using watercolour . I just thought the comparison was interesting.

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Thea Cable

I am a watercolourist first and foremost as I love the qualities of the medium, its riskiness and unpredictability. I started painting about 8 years ago and it has now become an integral part of my life. Hopefully, I will continue to paint into my dotage as I am given to understand that you can…

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