Choosing the Right Pastels for Painting

Choosing the Right Pastels for Painting

Choosing the right pastels can turn a blank canvas into a vibrant masterpiece. When painting with pastels, the journey begins long before the first stroke touches the paper. Selecting the right pastels is a crucial step that can significantly influence your artistic...
Framing Pastel Artwork

Framing Pastel Artwork

A dilemma facing pastellists is the framing of their pastel artwork.  One of the many attractions of soft pastels as a medium is that they age very well. They don’t crack or fade, so when treated well, they can look just as vibrant after decades or even...
How to Draw With Pastels

How to Draw With Pastels

One of the attractions of working with pastels is that there’s nothing stopping you from just diving in. If you have paper and some pastel sticks, you can get started immediately without needing to learn any ‘correct’ way of doing things. However, once you’ve gotten...
How to Paint Using Oil Pastels

How to Paint Using Oil Pastels

You might have heard of artists using oil pastels. They’re the younger, cooler kid brother to regular soft pastels, and they differ from soft pastels in that they use an oil and wax binder instead of a gum one. The pigments they contain are the same though, so...
Pastel Painting Techniques

Pastel Painting Techniques

You can use several pastel painting techniques to get the most out of your pastels. Once you master them, you can work the medium with perfect confidence and very good results. Below are some pastel painting techniques that seasoned artists use in their interesting...

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