Steve chose a majestic lion in profile against a dark background as his reference picture for Paul Hinks’ wild animal soft pastel workshop last month. He built up layers of different coloured pastels for the lion’s mane, making each piece of mane seem 3D against the next piece, with a good use of shadow. Great work, Steve!

Tracy used an image of a painted dog, also called an African wild dog, as it had an arresting gaze and many colours and patterns in its fur. Several different colour pastels were used for its fur including ivory, light flesh, burnt sienna, burnt umber, van Dyke brown, black and white. She really enjoyed the workshop and learned a lot, especially how to use a greyscale value chart to accurately judge tones in a picture.

If you’ve finished your pastel picture at home please take a photo and send it to Tracy. Or bring it to a Wednesday or Saturday session to be photographed.