Henry Parkes drawing was mine and Anna my daughters first go at pastel pencils and crayons..hers on the right mine on the left both incomplete as yet..she was 15 at the time and I thought her effort was fabulous, this was taught to us by and 80 year old fellow who only taught himself to draw after he retired..he does shadow box still life and it looks like photographs..if you have your light and shade correct you cant go wrong..I did some more on mine the other night with a few scotches in hand, the next day in the daylight he looked very jaundiced, as I am colour blind and night time work is a no no..cool I can rework before I fix it to prevent the chalk from rubbing off..its a great medium and I hope to do more soon, they can also be used on fabric and set with fabric medium..I love it..
