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Pastels may be a "dry" medium, but pastel creations are true paintings nevertheless! Soft pastels, hard pastels, and oil pastels are all beautiful, versatile mediums that can show a brilliance and depth in subjects from still life to expressionism. Subtle color gradations, soft blends and luminous highlights are all achievable effects with this adaptable medium, and you can achieve them at home with the help of the World of Art’s Free Video Art Lessons!

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Applying Pastels

Blending and Crosshatching

Blending Oil Pastels

Chalk Pastel Rubs

Cleaning Your Pastels

Coloring Negative Spaces

Creating a Figure Drawing Using Sennelier Oil Pastels

Enriching Darks

Flow

How to Begin Painting a Still Life Using Acrylics

How to Build Up a Still Life Using Mungyo Soft Pastels

How to Finish a Pastel Painting Using Mungyo Pastels

How to Paint a Landscape in Pastels

How to Paint an Early Morning Mountain Brook Using Acrylics and an Artboard

How to Sign and Evaluate Your Prints

How to Use Soft Pastels to Finish a Pastel Painting

Painting a Plein Air Scene Using Mungyo Oil Pastels

Pastel Portrait: Gradations

Pastel Portrait: Picking Pastels

Reflective Surfaces

Remarking a Jiclee Print Using Mungyo Soft Pastels

Softening Hard Edges

Spraying Pastels

Suspended Pastel Painting

Using Semi-Hard Pastels in Pastel Painting

Wet Pastel Underpainting