Pastel expression and vibrancy

The vibrancy in Cathy Pearce’s work comes from the high percentage of pigment in her pastels. Her expressive and wild pastel painting Bright and Early was winner of The Artist award in the recent Past

EMILY PONSONBY’S PAINTINGS STRIP AWAY everything but the essentials: skin, scars and the stories they carry. Using beeswax and oil, she sculpts figures that feel weathered and alive, sometimes faceles

Growing up around her father’s studio in France, Beatrice Cloake was quite literally raised in a world of light and colour. Her father was a stained-glass maker who also painted and taught her from a

SO MANY TALENTED ARTISTS were put off art at an early age, and Nisha Sehjpal is a prime example; she vividly remembers a high school teacher once telling her she had no business being anywhere near pa

I AM A COLOURIST PAINTER. With brushes and oil paints, I depict a world that’s more beautiful than it is in reality. My favourite painting subjects, where I can truly let loose with colour, are still

MATERIALS ● A4 Aquafine Watercolour Artboard by Daler-Rowney - to preventing buckling ● Drawing board and prop (eg glasses case or something similar) ● Soft 2B pencil and acrylic eraser ● 3 watercolou