by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Feb 6, 2021 | Soft Pastel Tips
How do you watch yours? Leave me a comment and let me kniw what you do 😊 Did you know that there’s not just one way to watch an art video tutorial? And anyway you choose is the right way! The format of my online classes starts with anyone...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Jan 21, 2021 | Soft Pastel Tips
Is Soft Pastel Art a Drawing or a Painting? A Drawing, A Painting or A Pastel – What do you call Art in the Pastel Medium? Did you expect a simple answer? 😅 Well, it kind of is and kind of isn’t. Clear as mud? Okay, let me explain. 🤓 Soft Pastel can be a...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Jan 18, 2021 | Soft Pastel Tips
How to Keep Yourself & Your Pastel Art Clean – 7 Top Tips A common complaint about soft pastels I hear time and time again is about getting messy! Pastels can be messy on your hands but you don’t need to be messy everywhere else. I am the most untidy person...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Jan 12, 2021 | Personal Growth
I remember clearly how I felt in the early days of my art journey, struggling to find information to help me do better art with soft pastel. I lacked confidence in my art in epic proportions but I was so passionate about improving.  I had so many questions,...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | May 11, 2020 | In the Studio
Can a critique help you improve your pet portraits? Obviously‌ ‌I’m‌ ‌going‌ ‌to‌ ‌say‌ ‌YES‌ ‌-‌ ‌a ‌critique‌ of your pet portrait ‌can‌ ‌help‌ ‌you‌ ‌improve‌ ‌because‌ ‌I‌ ‌am‌ ‌an‌ ‌art‌ ‌tutor,‌ ‌both‌ ‌private‌ ‌tuition‌ ‌and‌ ‌weekly‌ ‌classes‌ ‌and‌ ‌more‌...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | May 21, 2019 | Soft Pastel Tips
How to Frame a Pastel Portrait A lot of people ask me how to frame a pastel painting so I have written this post to show you how I do it. I use Acid free materials because my commissions are designed to last a life time. You can choose to use different materials. ...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Apr 7, 2019 | Personal Growth
I Didn’t Draw For 3 Years Someone once said my art wasn’t very good. I thought it was great, really great, my best! She said it didn’t look like the celebrity I was referring to and I gave up art on the spot for 3 years!! My world came tumbling...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Mar 31, 2019 | Personal Growth
I Lost My Art Mojo Over the years I have not drawn for months at a time or years even!! I used to idly think it was some magic power that I had temporarily and then it would vanish as quickly as it had arrived. That sounds a bit (a lot!) crazy but that is honestly how...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Mar 29, 2019 | Soft Pastel Tips
This week in the Improvers art class (based in Southampton) we went in a completely different direction to realism and it was a bit scary – for me as well as the class!! In fact if someone had asked me to do this at the beginning of my art journey I would have...
by Sue Kerrigan-Harris | Mar 19, 2019 | In the Studio
I can remember well what it was like to be a beginner to soft pastel and how confused I was by all the different materials on the market, which paper to use, which pastels and why I should use them and how to protect my work once complete. That is why I decided to...
