Hello, finally I made some time to write and post this recording from my last live on Substack. Kindly note that due to bluetooth connection with my phone first 10 mins are very low in voice, Thanks to
who noticed and I disconnected my phone from the bluetooth and you can hear my voice clearly 10 mins onwards. so, skip the first 10 mins if you want and watch the rest of the video. Hope this helps!I’m very proud of showing up for 4 lives this month and doing 3 soft pastel illustrations + 1 colour key exploration (which is still due to finish as final illustration with my iPad, lol!)
Here are the final illustrations from this month.
1st illustration was painterly, 2nd was flats + painterly + lines, the last one more of with my style and precision as an illustrator.
My main take aways from this months lives:
My confidence for this material grew and I reached on saying what is my style for illustrating with soft pastels when I reached on last live.
Doing free play during lives helps touching base with art fundamentals at the same time joy of creation is tremendous.
Committing more 4 lives next month of June, but with Watercolours!
Lightbulb moment of the month:
Consistency is the key to growth and
Experimenting more can lead to the style.
Once Again, Here are all the links for Playful Soft Pastels May 2025:
15th May - Colour Key Exploration & setting MOOD for an illustration
22nd May - Adventure Bunnies (you’re already reading this post)
Materials I used for this month are: Sketchbook Paper, Soft Pastel Coloured Papers, Camel Artist Soft Pastels, Art Studio Soft Pastels, Spectrum Soft Pastels, Koh-I-Noor Soft Pastels, 2 Brown Coloured Conte Paris Soft Pastel Pencils, Huion Light Pad, Q-tips, Stomps and Wet Wipes.
A gentle reminder! You don’t need to have all different brands of soft pastels when you start…I used multiples as I have got them already!
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live videos so far, have chat with me, commented on my posts and made this journey interactive.
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Gather Watercolours and brushes + your favourite sketches and turn them into finished traditional illustration portfolio piece with me. Join me for my next lives, Colourful Chronicles: Watercolour Whimsy & Wonder This June 2025, every Thursday 11am BST in the app.
P.P.S. I have added Traditional Illustration Section on my Portfolio Website, do you have a such section on your portfolio website? If you have it, Please let me know in comments below, I would love to explore it and get inspired! Also, sharing that here in comments will let inspire other like minded illustrators, too!!! Cheers! :D
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