How to use pastels tutorials

Are you new to pastels on canvas? Want to know how to use pastels on canvas? In this article, I'll describe everything you need to know.

The Article Covers: Best Soft Pastels Drawings For Beginners, Best Paper For Soft Pastels, Books To Help You Learn and Youtube Techniques.

Learn how to use oil pastels with this unique comprehensive guide by Joseph Colella Artist.

Discover how to color with pastels and make beautiful artworkPastels have been a favorite medium of many well-known artists, including Manet, Degas and Renoir—and with good reason! Pastels allow you to layer and blend vibrant colors to...

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

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, […]

The colour shaper is a tool that I can confidently say has transformed my artwork.Before I was introduced to them, I would blend pastel using a blending stump or my finger (I still use my finger occasionally for large areas).The main issue I had with using either of these methods is that the blend

In this pastel painting lesson, I'll show you how to draw two different roses with different materials. The first rose uses pastel pencils and the second rose uses a really cheap set of soft pastels. To follow along, just click the image.