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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, […]

Discover techniques and tips from experienced artists, and learn how to create stunning pastel masterpieces.

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Our experts offer 10 tips about how to paint with pastels, regarding choosing pastels and surfaces, making an underpainting, and staying loose.

An easy way to draw clouds using soft pastels Easy art for beginners Medium: Soft pastels on pastelmat paper .... DRAWING PENCIL · Original audio

Materials: Art Spectrum Colourfix Paper, Soft Pastels, Hard Pastels, Pastel Pencils, Charcoal Size: 4x6 inches Framed - Glass covered Mainstays 4x6 inches Color may slightly vary due to photographic lighting sources or your monitor settings I welcome inquiries for commissions.

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Painting is an art form that is great to look at and often one starts wondering if it is also easy to do as it looks. However, if you have ever attempted to