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

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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 paper.

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

Items mentioned on the show:

> Harry's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqp5eHE8m8UlviPD20Ra52w

> Harry's Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev3uJVqoEm0&feature=youtu.be

> Harry's Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Written Review: http://www.theartgearguide.com/home/faber-castell-pitt-pastel-pencils

> The Art Gear Guide Website: http://www.theartgearguide.com/

> Faber-Castell Colour Chart: www.colinbradleyart.co.uk/home/new-faber-castell-colour-chart/

> Link to Feedback Show #43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6GFf-UkAgQ

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

- Painting animals with watercolour

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

> Which graphite pencils to use for a graphite project

> Drawing Bricks and Buildings

> Using Sand Paper for Pastel Pencils

We end the show with a couple of success stories which we hope will inspire others to see what they can achieve.

Merry Christmas and have Happy New Year! Here's to all the stunning projects coming out in 2018!

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.

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.

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In this episode, we answer your questions! Colin offers advice regarding Velour Pastel Paper, smudging pencil lines and the difficulty of our "Masterclass" pictures. We also give updates on stocking the popular PastelMat with Colin's reactions and opinions.

In this episode Colin answers more of your questions and offers advice for painting commercial subjects.

In this week's show we talk about how artwork can quiet the mind almost like meditation and how this could link to staying young! We also talk about achieving deep dark colours with hints of other tones with some advice from Colin.