Soft Pastel Painting Techniques

Each of these pastel techniques can be used on their own or combined to produce a pastel painting.

Soft pastel painting techniques. They still take my breath. Deborah secor on materials for pastel. Therefore using pastel paper that has a grain or tooth for the chalk to adhere to. Maggie price on surfaces for pastel painting 2.

Professional and hobby artists enjoy soft pastel for its unique looks and application methods. Chalk pastel drawings should be done on an abrasive base which collects and holds the color. Remember to try each pastel technique with different pastels hard semi soft and soft as each gives a slightly different result as will the various pastel brands. Soft pastel is one of the most exciting and versatile painting mediums i know.

There is no right or wrong way. Look at soft flowers and paint them. One set of somewhat firm pastels and one set of much softer sticks. How to use soft pastels is dependent on good quality materials.

Combine firm and soft pastels. Another way to go about pastel painting and art is by looking at flowers in softer shades like those of lighter pink or peach color and paint them. As with so many things in painting it comes down to what you enjoy doing with your pastels. As a professional artist and art instructor for over 30 years i can honestly say art is my whole life.

I love it all. Pastel painting techniques for beginners by liz haywood sullivan. The better the quality the better the end result. Creating lines with the edge of a pastel.

This can give you a good idea to get a grip on easy pastel paintings for beginners. One of the advantages of working with pastel is that there are so many different ways to work with the medium. I spend most of my time in my studio creating lessons and painting in pastels oils and acrylics. It has a long history of varying popularity but pastel is here to stay.

Pastel societies around the world have sprung up and remain popular. Experiment with pastel on top of a print over an underpainting of watercolor or. So i find soft pastels very ideal for creating brief portrait drawings or even taking with on travels. You ll find that working soft pastels over hard pastels is a time tested method that s a good way to begin.

It is very expressive and can stand on its own but also works well with other mediums. Here are some great soft pastel techniques you can use. The best part of my studio is walking in every day and seeing the rainbow of pastels in my palette. This makes soft pastel techniques very versatile.