How to use soft pastels for beginners

Soft pastel for beginners: learn everything you need to know to start creating masterpieces with the medium.

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, […]

I did a minimal drawing with a light blue pastel pencil to establish the overall composition; and the line of the river bank and placement of trees.

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

Use these soft pastel techniques to create a number of different marks, textures and effects and get the best results from your artwork.

Oil Pastels -Red Apple Demo 1 Good tutorial for how to use oil pastels-Red Apple demo 1 Below watch Red Apple demo 2

This beginners tutorial will show you step by step how Artist Christine Kane creates a beautiful landscape scene using pastel.

If you've ever been captivated by the vivid beauty of soft pastel artworks but felt hesitant to try your hand at this mesmerizing medium, you're in for a treat. In today's blog post, we're thrilled to introduce you to "Soft Pastel Magic: A Beginner's Guide" a step-by-step video guide designed to unlock the world of soft pastel painting for newcomers. Whether you're a complete novice or an experienced artist looking to explore a new avenue, this tutorial is tailor-made to simplify the…