Colin Bradley Art Cast

This week we talk about how to do reflections in water. We also discuss various ways of tackling larger pictures, do you use pastel sticks? If so, what brands are the best? We talk about the pros and cons to using pastel pencil sticks.

This week we talk about Colin’s experience with doing workshops. Which were the most popular subjects and how many student’s did he teach at one time?

How do you increase the contrast of your paintings? Colin talks you through the basics of achieving this across your paintings. Do you need to do a drawing course before you start using Pastel Pencils? We discuss this and more on this week’s show.

This week Colin discusses in detail how to tackle trees using Pastel Pencils. We also discuss using reference pictures with tracedown, differences between "taupe" and "sand" coloured ingres pastel paper and sharpening pastel pencils.

This week we talk about how important keeping your reference picture close to your painting is. Colin talks about how often he refers to his picture to pick up the fine details and keep them in your "mind's eye".

This week Colin discusses how you can accidentally end up smudging your work and how to prevent this from happening. We also discuss feedback on our humidity question a few weeks back and how Colin would combat this. We discuss a new “mini membership” with a small range of subjects and ideal for absolute beginners, launching today: http://youtube.com/pastelpencilart

How to you make facial features look feminine or masculine? Colin discusses the finesse behind drawing women and the more rugged approach to drawing a man. We discuss using proportional dividers in your pictures. What's a good scale for using pressure in pastel pencils?

This week we go back to answering your questions. Colin talks about getting support and feedback on your artwork from third parties. We discuss where to work on your artwork and whether humidity can affect the pastel pencil. Colin talks about reviving dull colours that appear after a section of a painting has been completed. Finally we discuss leaving your comfort zone and how this can vastly improve what you love to paint most.

This week we discuss the basics of drawing and understanding tones with reference to Colin’s new Figure Drawing subject. Colin talks about building tones and how useful this can be when painting colour subjects. We discuss the base colours needed for “charcoal” style paintings.

This week Colin discusses when you make a mistake, not only how to rescue the picture but also to look at it in a different way. We also discuss an interesting technique using the ivory colour shapers and the lightfastness of pastel pencils

This we talk about various methods for proportioning out your pictures using grids. We give advice for demonstrating live and ways of using marionettes.

This week Colin covers, doing backgrounds on crisp pictures, cutting paper down to size and varying skin tones with younger/older people.

This week, we discuss using warmer and cooler tones in landscape pictures. Colin discusses tackling Shiny Coats in Animals using the example of a Bay Horse. We talk more about the Life Drawing Tutorials that are coming soon to http://www.colinbradleyart.co.uk

We record live from Westminster, London to answer more of your questions and make some special announcements. Colin answers questions on creating darker backgrounds and various types of Paper. We also announce a brand new series of lessons coming soon.. Watch the Video Podcast online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nrxqjICEh8

What subjects should you start off doing in pastel pencils? Colin gives his recommendations. We discuss what range of sticks and pastel pencils Colin uses and suggests. Colin talks about how much pastel to put down as a base for backgrounds.

It’s story time this week on Colin Bradley Art Cast. We ask Colin at which point did he switch from doing art as a hobby, to pursuing it as a profession. Colin reveals some fascinating details about the beginning of his journey and the people that influenced his decision to move to Broadstairs and open his own art gallery.

This week Colin discusses how to use the grey and ivory colour shapers to achieve different blends with pastel pencils. We talk about approaching your own pictures and overcoming the fear of attempting it. Lastly, Colin talks about what colours to put on as base colours for a background.

We talk about how drawing a wider range of subjects can vastly improve what you love to draw most. We answer your questions about the upcoming accreditation programme. We talk about what to do with velour paper and what subjects to draw on black paper.

We answer your questions which include drawing a moonlight scene and using colour shapers with soft pastel. We reveal the early details of our Accreditation Programme and our new Peaches Still Life Project.

Recorded live at Patchings Art Festival in Nottinghamshire, UK. Colin discusses dispersing Pastel Dust from your picture, and we take questions from our audience. Questions include tempering a blue-toned dog, colours for autumn leaves, drawing conkers and bespoke framing.