The wind blew November Using soft pastel on quite

Using soft pastel on quite a toothed Fabriano paper is mesmerising and yet challenging

This work is professionally framed and glazed and ready to hang

Scaffolding seems to be quite popular with artists over the  centuries

The idea of drawing regular still life compositions for me anyway

The wind blew November Using soft pastel on quiteI set off first thing in the morning to draw this two other pieces. a very cold day for the South West of the U. K. I headed for the Saltmarsh on the Sharpham Estate. When I arrived and looked across the river Dart it was heavenly. I had this spot to myself. I take a back pack with me, to carry a few drawing things and various papers cut to the sizes I might like. I have found that the paper needs to be quite heavy. The use of site specific pigments