From Our Easels

[Suffolkboy]

Latest post of the previous page:

More excellent work, SB. Is the portrait the judge on the left off 'Strictly' (don't know his name)?

Indeed it is.

I just love it when someone recognizes what I have tried to convey.

[funkychick]

Craig revel horwood

[Suffolkboy]

Craig revel horwood

Thanks FC for recognizing old Grumps - perhaps I am improving,

[kerch]

Last year I did n't do much due to problems with my back and hips, problem now partly solved and attending classes again.Two of my larest efforts.

[boatbuilder]

They're very good, kerch. Pastels can't be the easiest medium to work with as I would imagine you can easily smudge them as they don't dry out. The top picture looks very similar to the middle one in the exhibition photo.

[kerch]

Yes it is similar,I've a lot of photos of poppies and they tend to be similar,When they are finished they are sprayed with a fixative that stopes smudging.

[boatbuilder]

I see, but you would still have to be careful whilst working on them before it's sprayed.

[kerch]

Yes,I'm right handed so I start at the left hand corner and work down and across that way I keep my hands off what I've done.

[Mel]

Two of my larest efforts.

And very good efforts too Kerch, well done

[Suffolkboy]

Two of my larest efforts.

Nice pastel paintings Kerch. Good to know that you are well enough to carry on with your art - have fun and enjoy.

[kerch]

Thank-you Mel & Suffolkboy.

[frankiesays]

We have some very talented people on here don't we?

[kerch]

Sorry I've been a long time posting photos of my pastels in the Expo BB but the lighting in the library the site of the expo was n't good for photos,reflection of flurescent tubes and badly placed spots.

[Mel]

Lovely pastels Kerch. The framing of a picture/photo always adds to the enjoyment of looking at it I think.

[boatbuilder]

Thanks for posting them kerch. As Mel says the framing makes all the difference as we have also found with my wife's cross stitches in the past.
Have you ever tried having them framed with anti-reflective glass? Whilst it doesn't cure the lighting problem completely, it does make a big difference.

[kerch]

Thank-you Mel, thursday I've another to collect from the framers.It's getting very expensive to have a picture framed will have to do smaller pictures in future.A frame plus mount and the labour cost roughly £60 size 50cmx80cm for a simple wood frame.