We give some advice and tips to one of our student's Hamide who sent in her picture of Marilyn Monroe. Despite the limited colours she has done a great job and asked for some tips on the lips and the hair.

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Cynthia sent in her first few pastel pencil pictures for some tips and advice. Colin offers advice on all the pictures pointing out areas that could help going forward with the next picture.

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Charles sent in his landscape picture that he has completed. Colin offers some tips on contrast as well as perspective. We hope these tips help going forward with other pictures in future.

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Hamide sent us the Victorian Portrait of the Girls and requested some tips and advice. Colin offers some advice on contrast and shadow as well as other observations to help Hamide with future pictures.

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We offer Vikram some advice on his Rainbow over Castle picture. We talk about using different pressures, practicing on spare paper and make some minor observations that make a big difference.

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In this episode Colin and Steve offer some tips and advice for Robyn on her Squirrel picture. This is only Robyn's 4th Pastel Pencil picture and she's done extremely well. Colin gives some tips for improving the vibrancy of the colours as well as advice going into her next picture.

Lesley has written in asking for some advice on her Barn Owl picture. She chose not to put in the background and focus on the details. The areas found most challenging on the picture were the head and tree stump. In this episode Colin gives some advice to Lesley on her picture.

Nadine sent us a photo that she would like to draw and asked for some advice on which colours to choose. To read Colin's advice click here: https://www.colinbradleyart.com/home/choosing-colours-for-drawing-portraits/

Yvonne sent us her picture of Yalding that completed following our tutorial on the website. Yvonne asked for feedback on her work. To read the transcription click here: https://www.colinbradleyart.com/home/tree-contrast-in-watercolour/ 

Robyn sent in her picture of the Peaches project asking for some advice. Robyn writes:

"So...a few things...

1. I am still new at pastels and so I'm not always sure if I'm pressing too hard;

2. Blending edges is hard for me. I didn't have as much trouble blending inside the peach, but the outsides look very "fake" to me;

3. What sharpener does he recommend for the pencils? His seem a lot sharper than mine will get.

4. Again...I keep trying for that "realistic" look - but I'm still a novice. I draw from scratch instead of using the print-out for practice. I guess it all takes time. 

Also, I had my paper turned the other way...the teeth ran up and down even though my picture was horizontal. Lol. That also made it hard."

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