Author Archives: Clegg Bamber

South Parade Pier, Southsea

This chalk pastel piece was completed as Clarence Esplanade was one of my favourite places to go for a walk when I lived in Portsmouth. The seafront in Portsmouth isn’t like most coastal towns and cities. Portsmouth doesn’t have the traditional b&bs and seaside attractions that you often see in places like Bognor Regis, Bournemouth,Continue reading “South Parade Pier, Southsea”

Worker Bee Keeping the World Moving

This creation was done when we were about a month into the first lockdown. The lockdown that the UK public optimistically thought would only last three weeks lasted for three months. This piece was done to mark that although the human world had come to a standstill and had been stopped in its tracks dueContinue reading “Worker Bee Keeping the World Moving”

Sunset on a tropical island

This was the first piece that I created with chalk pastels after ordering a pack of pastels from Amazon. The piece is done on an A4 sheet of printer paper and is based on the tropical part of the globe that you were not able to travel to due to restrictions. The coronavirus pandemic sawContinue reading “Sunset on a tropical island”

Rocky, the Rockhopper Penguin

This pastel drawing of a rockhopper penguin was completed in December 2020, following the end of the second national lockdown in the UK. As we ended the second national lockdown and in the full swing of winter, I thought it was best to pass the time of a weekend afternoon by getting out the sketchContinue reading “Rocky, the Rockhopper Penguin”