Chalk pastels

Chalk pastels are one of the best mediums to use if you are just learning how to paint. The medium has a painter- like quality very similar to brush strokes on a canvas. This post will cover everything you need to know about Chalk Pastels for Beginners, the differences in chalk pastel brands and how to finish a chalk pastel drawing!

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Landscape with POPPIES wildflowers

Chalk pastel supplies for a simple start in art for ALL ages!

Learn how to create broken color effects in this pastel tutorial from Robert Carsten, a featured artist in the Oct 2011 issue of Pastel Journal.

You can build a love of art and some simple joys with this frugal art medium. So here are 10 Cool Ways to Use Chalk Pastels.

Today we are going to paint a very simple scene but with a new technique. It will be a chalk pastels less is more technique. Once you get the idea, you can use it again and again with other scenes! We are not going to DRAW clouds, but use our pastels AROUND the clouds to make cloud shapes.

Chalk pastels alone are a really fun supply but when you mix pastels with water you are able to use them in a totally different way! Wh...