MATERIALS
• Colourfix pastel paper – Grey or Black.
• Charcoal for sketching up the portrait (if using Black pastel paper, use a light pastel pencil).
• Schminke pastels: Orange Deep; Permanent Red 1 Pale; English Red; Burnt Umber; Ochre Light; Lighter Ochre (for highlights).
• Pastel eraser.
STEP ONE
For my facial portraits, I sometimes start with one of the eyes. This then gives me something by which I can measure everything else on the face. There are many other ways of
