Hard pastels



I found some hard pastels a friend sent me many years ago. Nice and thin with a sharp edge, I discovered they also had a vibrant aspect to their colours. Too numb and weak to hood a pastel long I had a quick go at a small picture to see how they flowed on the page. To my delight they could be smudged too and were lighter to hold. 

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