Do I ever use colour?

‘Bluebells, Coles’2.5 x 3.5in (ACEO size)

Soft pastel on UArt paper

The weather is cold and grey today but it won’t be long before the bluebells are carpeting the beech woods with wave after floral wave of delicately scented nodding colour.

This is a teeny, tiny pastel painting I did on UArt paper with the most delicious soft pastel set made by Sennelier.

You thought there was no colour in my art, didn’t you?!

Well, part of the joy of printing my way is the challenge of representing a world filled with colour and tone, using just one colour and making a variety of marks to suggest tone.

When colour is removed the viewer focuses on the textures, shapes and subject matter instead.

That’s not to say I don’t use colour as you can see in the gallery, and the very small pastel painting of bluebells carpeting the ground beneath three copper beech trees sporting their brand new dark red leaves above!