Dry pastel

Red Rose I by Pamela C. Newell Oil ~ 8" x 6"

By Niki Hilsabeck in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials Soft pastels are easy to blend, mix, and apply, and are a great dry medium when you need to work quickly or paint outdoors. They require no brushes, water, or blending mediums, and their brilliant colors create beautiful, bright works of art. Unfortunately, pastels can also be quite messy to use, and for this reason, many artists shy away from it. Yes, one of the tools available to pastel artists is spray fixative, […]

Learn important soft pastels drawing techniques that will aid you as you learn how to use soft pastels! Discover layering, blending drawing tips & more...

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'Kindred Souls' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis available for purchase $145 Sometimes I just don't feel like making a mess. Sometimes I want to do an underpainting but I don't want to take out my paints and brushes and I don't want to clean up. Sometimes I am using paper that can't get wet so doing a wet underpainting isn't an option. Yet I still would like to have the benefits of an underpainting. I like having some colors, values and interesting things happening on my paper to respond to. I…

An easy way to draw clouds using soft pastels Easy art for beginners Medium: Soft pastels on pastelmat paper ... | cloud

Pastels come in 2 types: oil pastels and dry pastels. They are very different as dry pastels is more like chalk and oil pastels have a creamy texture.

Rocky Path by Marsha Savage Pastel ~ 12" x 9"

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