Kiwi bird in watercolor and pen & ink

Plum Headed Parrots in PanPastels & pen and ink

I wanted to try pen & ink work with PanPastels.  Wasn't sure how this would develop, but as Pans can look semi-transparent, it turned out ok.  Does seem to have a watercolor effect with it, but no watercolor was used - all PanPastels and pen & ink.  PanPastels are so versatile!  You can use them with all sorts of different media!  I quite liked the effect, I've achieved and will definitely try the technique again.

Pastel painting of "Pippa" at 3 months of age.
Pippa is a Jack Russell/Fox Terrier, who is now 18months old.  She's a tiny little pocket rocket, never still, and can jump all gates and fences at anytime!  Have spent lots of time chasing her around our paddocks, trying to get her back into where she is meant to be!  A bit of a handful, but so cute with it!

A bridge over the Arrow River at Arrowtown New Zealand.
The beautiful, peaceful place, has a circular Walking Track, on both sides of the river. 
In the middle of Summer at peak holiday time, the track is very busy with people walking dogs, riding bikes, running pushing babies in push-chairs - a truly lovely, tranquil place to be.

PanPastels and soft pastels on Blue Colorfix Paper

"Morning Glory" blue flower

This was painted for the Wet Canvas Floral Forum's September Plant Parade

"Morning Glory" flower  -  20cm x 20cm  -   PanPastels, soft Pastels & pastel pencils on pale gold, Mi-Teintes paper

I wanted to leave the colour of the Mi-Teintes paper showing through, as it was a nice complementary color to the vivid blue Morning Glory flowers.

Palm Trees on the beach

This was painted for the PaintMyPhoto Pastel Group Challenge - "On the Beach"

Palm Trees on the beach - 25cm x 30cm - Pastel on Mi-Teintes Paper
I've left the colours of the paper showing through on the beach, in places, to tie it altogether.

Waterlily Dahlia

Watercolor and Inktense Pencil.  I washed the whole flower & background with watercolor, then added the Inktense Pencils to the middle petals to define the center more.
I really enjoy working with Inktense Pencils.  I have more control over the look of the finished painting, when using them.   I could have taken this flower painting further, but decided I liked the look of the pale-crimson outer petals against the more detailed centre.

A Lilac-breasted Roller bird

This is the little "Lilac-breasted Roller bird".

I wanted to try my PanPastels on Watercolor paper to see how they looked. And they worked well.
I've only ever used them on either Mi-Teintes of sanded Colorfix paper, but I liked the look of them on Watercolor paper.  I laid on the pastels as I would with Watercolor - going from light to dark to take advantage of the semi-transparent look that can be achieved with PanPastels.

My Award winning "Sunset Sky" pastel painting

This is my PanPastel painting with which I won the "Supreme" Award in Southern Pastel Artists 2016 Awards Exhibition recently.
This same painting won the PaintMyPhoto August "Sky" Challenge.