Pastel Painting

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The pandemic has focused English artist Michele Ashby's attention even more acutely on the experience of those around her. “It has been and continues to be an iconic moment in our history—in all our histories,” she says. “I’ve felt the necessity, almost a sense of duty, to try to capture elements of this by portraying how it has affected those dear to me.” Pictured: How Much Longer… (pastel on PastelMat, 11×11) Best Portraits, English Artists, Chiaroscuro, Human Condition, Pastel Art, Faber Castell, Old Master, Rembrandt, Source Of Inspiration
Pandemic Art Shares a Compelling Glimpse of the Human Condition
The pandemic has focused English artist Michele Ashby's attention even more acutely on the experience of those around her. “It has been and continues to be an iconic moment in our history—in all our histories,” she says. “I’ve felt the necessity, almost a sense of duty, to try to capture elements of this by portraying how it has affected those dear to me.” Pictured: How Much Longer… (pastel on PastelMat, 11×11)
This demo from artist Yael Maimon helps to unfold her process of combining graphic lines with small strokes of bright color to emphasize form and texture in pastel. She takes you through 9 steps: 1. Choose a reference photo 2. Make a preliminary study 3. Establish composition 4. Introduce color 5. Block in clothing 6. Paint the deer 7. Add lights and highlights 8. Build up background and foreground 9. Add detail and pattern Shown here is Step 7 - Adding lights and highlights Drawing Images, Drawings, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Forest Scenery, Light Highlights, John Tenniel, Sennelier, Escape Reality, Luminous Colours
Dark to Light: Creating Structure in Pastel
This demo from artist Yael Maimon helps to unfold her process of combining graphic lines with small strokes of bright color to emphasize form and texture in pastel. She takes you through 9 steps: 1. Choose a reference photo 2. Make a preliminary study 3. Establish composition 4. Introduce color 5. Block in clothing 6. Paint the deer 7. Add lights and highlights 8. Build up background and foreground 9. Add detail and pattern Shown here is Step 7 - Adding lights and highlights
Learn to paint realistic neon lights with this quick painting tip from artist Christine Ivers. Neon Light Art, Neon Art, Oil Pastel Paintings, Colorful Paintings, Pastel Artwork, Neon Painting, Light Painting, Painting Art, Neon Chalk
Go for the Glow
Learn to paint realistic neon lights with this quick painting tip from artist Christine Ivers.
Family members can make wonderful models with a little planning and care. Get happy results with these pro tips from pastel artist Vianna Szabo. Shown: Shawn Looking Forward (oil on canvas, 14×11) by Vianna Szabo Modeling Outfits, Modeling Tips, Hunger Games Book Series, Silly Faces, Get Happy, Portrait Poses, Figure Painting, Medium Art
Painting Family: 7 Tips for Working With Models
Family members can make wonderful models with a little planning and care. Get happy results with these pro tips from pastel artist Vianna Szabo. Shown: Shawn Looking Forward (oil on canvas, 14×11) by Vianna Szabo
James Kasperek explains how to use a dark surface to create bright, light-filled compositions. Shown: Impression Street Market by James Kasperek, pastel Chalk Pastel Art, Chalk Pastels, How To Use Pastels, Drawing Stand, Vine Charcoal, Prismacolor Pencils, Art Design, Graphic Design
Make Pastels Pop on a Dark Surface
James Kasperek explains how to use a dark surface to create bright, light-filled compositions. Shown: Impression Street Market by James Kasperek, pastel
Build your confidence with 5 tips for loosening up and becoming more confident with pastels. Shown: Ophelia among the Flowers by Odilon Redon, pastel, ca. 1905-08. Odilon Redon, Loosening, The Freedom, Painting Tips, Need To Know, Confident, Improve Yourself
Taking Off the Straitjacket | The Freedom of Pastel Painting
Build your confidence with 5 tips for loosening up and becoming more confident with pastels. Shown: Ophelia among the Flowers by Odilon Redon, pastel, ca. 1905-08.
With a flawless sense of value, George Shipperley applies arbitrarily chosen colors, bringing to light the images in his mind’s eye. Shown: Pathway (oil pastel, 20×23) by George Shipperley Oil Pastel Landscape, Autumn Landscape, Art Websites, Free Art, Pathways, Mixed Media Art
Autumn Landscape Demo: Celebrate the Colors of the Season
With a flawless sense of value, George Shipperley applies arbitrarily chosen colors, bringing to light the images in his mind’s eye. Shown: Pathway (oil pastel, 20×23) by George Shipperley
Finding a nice balance between your art and your day job can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. Here are 6 tips for creating balance. Shown: Evening Calm in Blues by Jacob Aguiar, 12 x 18, pastel on archival paper Artist Life, Art Practice, Art Business, Purity, Blues, Balance, Evening, Calm
6 Ways to Balance Your Day Job with Your Art Practice!
Finding a nice balance between your art and your day job can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. Here are 6 tips for creating balance. Shown: Evening Calm in Blues by Jacob Aguiar, 12 x 18, pastel on archival paper
From transferring the image to applying the finishing touches, learn how David Napp achieves brilliant color in pastel. Shown: Sarial Elegance by David Napp, Pastel, 25 cm c 32 cm. Oil Pastels, Collage Artwork, Fine Artwork, Mixed Media Collage, Portrait Paintings, Great Paintings, Portrait Art
Demo: 4 Steps to Colorful Pastels
From transferring the image to applying the finishing touches, learn how David Napp achieves brilliant color in pastel. Shown: Sarial Elegance by David Napp, Pastel, 25 cm c 32 cm.
A little distance and a new perspective may be all you need to take your work to a new level. Pastel Drawing, New Perspective, Famous Artists, Art Techniques
From Potential to Prizewinning
A little distance and a new perspective may be all you need to take your work to a new level.
Want to bring more playfulness to your art-making experience? By using creative tools like the brayer, you can open the pathways to mark-making magic. Abstract Horse Art, Abstract Animals, Abstract Artwork, Art Supplies Storage, Watercolor Artists, Watercolor Tips, Watercolor Texture, Watercolor Landscape, Abstract Landscape
Getting Playful with Pastel: Using a Brayer
Want to bring more playfulness to your art-making experience? By using creative tools like the brayer, you can open the pathways to mark-making magic.
✨ Stan Sperlak shares how keen observation and a clear understanding of quality of light help to create landscapes that convey a mood and a moment. Here are his steps for creating this seaside scene at dusk. Pictured here: "Aphrodite’s Belt" (pastel, 18×12) by Stan Sperlak Barn Studio, Seascape Paintings, Pastel Paintings, Pastel Landscape, Fall Scrapbook, Painting Process, Art Tips
Painting the Earth’s Shadow: A Pastel Demo
✨ Stan Sperlak shares how keen observation and a clear understanding of quality of light help to create landscapes that convey a mood and a moment. Here are his steps for creating this seaside scene at dusk. Pictured here: "Aphrodite’s Belt" (pastel, 18×12) by Stan Sperlak
Now this is pretty cool. 🏖️ Learn how to capture the effects of summer light in water through color complements in this step-by-step pastel demo! Pictured here: "Alliance" (pastel) by Michele Poirer-Mozzone #ArtistsNetwork #ArtistsAtHeart #ArtIsLife #ArtLovers #Pastel #PastelArt #PastelArtists Color Complement, Painting Lessons, Light Summer, Pretty Cool, Michele, Underwater
Demo: Creating Underwater Scenes in Pastel
Now this is pretty cool. 🏖️ Learn how to capture the effects of summer light in water through color complements in this step-by-step pastel demo! Pictured here: "Alliance" (pastel) by Michele Poirer-Mozzone #ArtistsNetwork #ArtistsAtHeart #ArtIsLife #ArtLovers #Pastel #PastelArt #PastelArtists
Fences, barns, roads — these elements help to add complexity to a landscape scene. Learn how to build composition and add narrative in this pastel painting demo from artist Susan Ogilvie. Pictured here: "Summer Shade" (pastel, 16×12) by Susan Ogilvie Landscape Drawings, Landscape Paintings, Watercolor Paintings, Abstract Art, Barn Paintings
Add Structural Elements to Your Landscape Scene: A Demo
Fences, barns, roads — these elements help to add complexity to a landscape scene. Learn how to build composition and add narrative in this pastel painting demo from artist Susan Ogilvie. Pictured here: "Summer Shade" (pastel, 16×12) by Susan Ogilvie
Have you ever been curious about how to paint clouds with pastels? Marc Hanson brings us a demo and how he pays special attention to warm and cool color values and plays of light and shadow. Painting Demo, Cloud Painting, Pastel Clouds, Oil Pastel, Color Techniques, Painting Techniques
Pastel Tutorial | How to Paint Clouds
Have you ever been curious about how to paint clouds with pastels? Marc Hanson brings us a demo and how he pays special attention to warm and cool color values and plays of light and shadow.
In the past year, did you start painting portraits of your family? ✋ It was a good time to focus on those around you, family members can make wonderful models with a little planning and care. Pastel artist Vianna Szabo, shared with us her top pro tips on working with pastels. Watercolor Tops, Watercolor Sketch, Painting Tutorials, Oil Painting Tips, Plein Air Landscape
Painting Family: 7 Tips for Working With Models
In the past year, did you start painting portraits of your family? ✋ It was a good time to focus on those around you, family members can make wonderful models with a little planning and care. Pastel artist Vianna Szabo, shared with us her top pro tips on working with pastels.
NOTAN: A Japanese word meaning “dark-light.” Have you ever integrated Notan Studies into your practice? Here are some tips to get started. Artist Painting, Watercolor Painting, Curve Of The Earth, Underpainting, Vanishing Point, Color Harmony
Start With Notan Studies for Better Paintings: Four Tips
NOTAN: A Japanese word meaning “dark-light.” Have you ever integrated Notan Studies into your practice? Here are some tips to get started.
QUICK TIP: How to paint realistic neon lights with pastels. Watch the video here! Oil Pastel Techniques, Drawing Set, Master Drawing, Drawing Lessons, Direct Painting, Art Drawings
Paint Glowing Lights in Pastel with Christine Ivers
QUICK TIP: How to paint realistic neon lights with pastels. Watch the video here!
At one point, one of Jeanette Rehahn’s professors told her that women couldn’t be artists; they merely married them. Shocked and disillusioned, Rehahn said she felt as if “a lightbulb just went out.” But she continued to persevere and found a way to pave a path for herself (and many others!) Read her full story here! Colored Pencil Techniques, Landscape Art, Landscapes, Beyond Paint, Wild Country
Pastel Landscapes that Honor Nature
At one point, one of Jeanette Rehahn’s professors told her that women couldn’t be artists; they merely married them. Shocked and disillusioned, Rehahn said she felt as if “a lightbulb just went out.” But she continued to persevere and found a way to pave a path for herself (and many others!) Read her full story here!
🤩 Take a look at the top 5 pastel paintings in this year’s Pastel 100 competition! Pictured here: "Our Boat" (pastel, 20x25) by Javad Soleimanpour Featured: Javad Soleimanpour | ShiLei He | Yael Maimon | Simone Bingemer | Peter Seltzer Winter Landscape Painting, Landscape Artist, Tree Paintings
These 5 Pastel Paintings Will Take Your Breath Away
🤩 Take a look at the top 5 pastel paintings in this year’s Pastel 100 competition! Pictured here: "Our Boat" (pastel, 20x25) by Javad Soleimanpour Featured: Javad Soleimanpour | ShiLei He | Yael Maimon | Simone Bingemer | Peter Seltzer
Looking for a fun pastel challenge? The texture of textiles — whether silk, cotton, velvet, or lace — and the folds of drapery offer endless painting inspiration. In this article you'll learn how to paint lace in pastel. Pictured here: "Lace Lines" (pastel, 16×11) by Sophie Ploeg Abstract Artists, Artist Joke, Pastel Colour Palette
How to Paint Lace in Pastel: A Demo
Looking for a fun pastel challenge? The texture of textiles — whether silk, cotton, velvet, or lace — and the folds of drapery offer endless painting inspiration. In this article you'll learn how to paint lace in pastel. Pictured here: "Lace Lines" (pastel, 16×11) by Sophie Ploeg
It took Linda Mutti three decades to return to painting, but her impressionistic landscapes were worth the wait. Pictured here: "Field of Dreams" (pastel, 12×16) by Linda Mutti Dry Pastel, Farm Mural, Field Of Dreams, California Landscape, Crazy Colour
The Story of One Artist's Return to Painting
It took Linda Mutti three decades to return to painting, but her impressionistic landscapes were worth the wait. Pictured here: "Field of Dreams" (pastel, 12×16) by Linda Mutti
Documenting Climate Change in Pastel How To Draw Fingers, Water Pictures, Jackson's Art, Finger Painting, Realistic Drawings, Realistic Paintings, American Artists, Art Blog
Documenting Climate Change in Pastel
Zaria Forman's monumental compositions document the many forms of water, a vital resource to all living things on Earth. Learn more about how the artist documents climate change in pastel here. Pictured here: "Greenland, No. 71" (pastel, 50×60) by Zaria Forman
Pastel artists, recharge your paintings using any of these three exercises to promote creative growth. Pictured here: "Whirligig" (pastel and acrylic, 27x 39) by Diane Rosen Flexible Thinking, New Inventions, 12 Image, Art Instructions, Paint Drying, Reboot
3 Exercises for a Pastel Reboot
Pastel artists, recharge your paintings using any of these three exercises to promote creative growth. Pictured here: "Whirligig" (pastel and acrylic, 27x 39) by Diane Rosen
Follow these steps from Michael Chesley Johnson to add depth to your pastel landscapes with linear and aerial perspective. Soft Pastel Art, Chalk Art, Art Lessons, Types Of Perspective, Art Articles, Art Basics
How to Create the Illusion of Depth: A Demo
Follow these steps from Michael Chesley Johnson to add depth to your pastel landscapes with linear and aerial perspective.
Maria Marino has found a way to express her feelings freely about the landscape and her passion for pastel. Impressionism Painting, Contemporary Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Impressionist, Dull Colors
A Bold and Impressionistic Pastel Aesthetic
Maria Marino has found a way to express her feelings freely about the landscape and her passion for pastel.
Santa Fe pastel painter Nancy Silvia finds nourishment for her art in this expansive, high desert sky. Here are her tips for painting clouds. Cleaning Oil Paintings, Acrylic Painting Tips, Drip Painting, Acrylic Artists, Watercolor Clouds
Nancy Silvia's 7 Tips for Painting Clouds
Santa Fe pastel painter Nancy Silvia finds nourishment for her art in this expansive, high desert sky. Here are her tips for painting clouds.
Head to our blog to see how philosopher and pastel portrait artist Claudia Biçen uses her art to discover the power of living a meaningful life! ➡️https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-subjects/portrait-figure/a-pastel-portrait-artist-searches-for-meaning/?utm_content=bufferc868e&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=arn-mwo-pt Pastel Paper, Soft Pastel, Great Philosophers, Living In San Francisco, Pastel Portraits, San Francisco Chronicle, National Portrait Gallery, Meaningful Life
Head to our blog to see how philosopher and pastel portrait artist Claudia Biçen uses her art to discover the power of living a meaningful life! ➡️https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-subjects/portrait-figure/a-pastel-portrait-artist-searches-for-meaning/?utm_content=bufferc868e&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=arn-mwo-pt
In this pastel painting workshop you'll push past the boundaries of what has been, to discover new ways to make exciting art! Follow along with Dawn Emerson as she shows you how to use underpainting as a way to inspire a response, pulling your image from the background you have created. Using a photo of a horse, Dawn leads you past the fear of failing and encourages you to take risks as you complete six different painting approaches step by step from underpainting to developing the subject. Underpainting Video, Mushroom Pictures, Painting Demonstration, Painting Workshop, Digital Painting Tutorials, Equine Art, Art Journal Inspiration
Pastel Painting Innovations: Creative Underpainting Streaming Video
In this pastel painting workshop you'll push past the boundaries of what has been, to discover new ways to make exciting art! Follow along with Dawn Emerson as she shows you how to use underpainting as a way to inspire a response, pulling your image from the background you have created. Using a photo of a horse, Dawn leads you past the fear of failing and encourages you to take risks as you complete six different painting approaches step by step from underpainting to developing the subject.
Learn all about the colors of snow to create a stunning wintery landscape painting with Liz Haywood-Sullivan. You may be surprised to learn that snow is not just white, but takes on a myriad of hues, depending on geography, time of day and weather conditions, to name a few. You'll learn why keeping a snow journal will help you get the most accurate colors in your pastel paintings, and then paint along with Liz as she demonstrates how to paint snow in pastel from start to finish. Watercolor Techniques Tutorial, Watercolour Tutorials, Drawing Tutorials, Painting Snow
Landscape Painting in Pastel: Snow Streaming Video
Learn all about the colors of snow to create a stunning wintery landscape painting with Liz Haywood-Sullivan. You may be surprised to learn that snow is not just white, but takes on a myriad of hues, depending on geography, time of day and weather conditions, to name a few. You'll learn why keeping a snow journal will help you get the most accurate colors in your pastel paintings, and then paint along with Liz as she demonstrates how to paint snow in pastel from start to finish.