The great thing about nagomi art and soft pastel art is that you can get started even on a shoestring budget. These bare essentials are all that you need to begin experiencing the therapeutic effects of finger painting. The bare essentials Smooth white paper 15cmx15cm (at least 165gsm) Soft pastel (any brand) Sieve, penknife or […]
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This page will be updated each time I upload any new artwork, so that you can get the latest at a glance. Enjoy! Updated September 2021 Click here to check out more animal paintings. Click here to check out more food paintings. Click here to check out more peace and calm paintings. Click here to
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Festivals are happy places, and you don’t really want to enjoy them on your own. I hope every festival and occasion in your life is filled with love, and shared with your family and friends. And I also hope these art works bring warmth to you. Enjoy! (This gallery is very new, it will get
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Life doesn’t get more chaotic for me, with 4 kids running and monkeying around in the house. Painting brings me into a meditative state – living in the moment, mindful only of the present. It feeds my soul and refills my emotional tank. I wonder how I’d lived my life for so long without it.
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Everyone loves good food! In my family, fruits and vegetables make up a significant part of our diet, because two of my kids have severe eczema. So I try to keep them on a clean diet as much as I can. We’re not too unlike any normal human beings, though. We do indulge in a
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Teachers encourage minds to think, hands to create and hearts to love. THANK YOU to Teacher Audrey (Art Peace), Teacher Gina (Art of Heart), Teacher Wendy (Listening Works), Teacher Doris (Fingerhope), Teacher Keat Leong (Zundeng Art), and my very first teacher, Teacher Dawn (Finnart). There are many more, but this group of Nagomi art instructors
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Welcome to Pastel Ark Gallery! Here, I showcase some of my artwork done with a mixture of Nagomi art and soft pastel techniques. Click on the thumbnails below to enter each gallery. Enjoy!
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Animals are my greatest love. I have a very soft spot for them. So I absolutely love to paint them. There are so many different species, I can never finish painting them all in my entire life! In the sky Under the sea On land Is there any animal that you would really love to
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Hello! I’m Ruyan. Welcome to my website Pastel Ark, where I share my art journey. I am a certified Advanced Instructor in Pastel Nagomi Art, with Diplomas awarded by the Japan Pastel Hope Art Association (JPHAA). I have always loved art as a kid, but it had been nothing more than the art lessons in
