"Impressionism is like a statement that you make without a structure." In this podcast Colin describes the work he's doing with impressionism and how best to describe how it feels "alive" comparing it to photography. What's the secret behind it? We discuss in the podcast. [...]
In this episode Colin answers your questions including "when do you call yourself an artist?" Listen to his advice as we discuss this and other points including laying enough pastel to cover the paper and the 2 Ballet Dancers picture. Download this Podcast Listen on [...]
In this episode we talk about how Colin achieves a "harmony" throughout his Pastel Pencil paintings, using the Two Pretty Birds picture as an example. We also discuss how the colour of the paper can influence your pictures and Colin explains why dark grey PastelMat [...]
In this episode we answer your questions and talk about Colin's recent pictures in PastelMat. Questions we cover include: - Copyrighting your Pastel Paintings - Erasing and Blending on PastelMat - Drawing the Northern Lights - Correcting Over Application with Fixing Listen to the full [...]
In this episode Colin begins talking about his process of choosing pictures and challenging himself. We also recount some key turning points in his career and inspirations. We also talk about impressionism, the new picture Hopalong Cassidy and which base colours to use on darker [...]
In this episode we cover a number of your emails and questions. We discuss: > Laying down too much base colour > How much pressure to use with Pastel Pencils > Differences between using warm and cool tones > Building base colours Download this Podcast [...]
In this podcast Colin shares his experience of teaching in person classes. We also answer your questions including: - Drawing Black & White Portraits - Storing Pictures - Drawing your own pictures - Drawing white hairs over a background - Filling Paper with enough Pastel [...]
HO HO HO!! We cover a lot of topics in this last show before the New Year: > Crushing the paper and how many base colours to lay > How to make animals more realistic by interpreting what you see > Choosing colours for portraits [...]
We answer a number of questions on this week's podcast. Topics include scanning your artwork, drawing flamingos, upcoming calendar of projects and combining using polychromos and soft pastel on ingres and pastelmat papers. Download this Podcast Listen on Podomatic Click to Subscribe through iTunes (Opens [...]
In this episode we answer a number of questions including: Struggling with watercolour Blending vs Not Blending Sharpening Soft Pastels Copying Victorian Paintings out of Copyright Working from Dark to Light Laminating your work. Download this Podcast Listen on Podomatic Click to Subscribe through iTunes [...]
