Tips and Techniques in the use of Pastels.

How to Draw with Oil Pastels (12 views)
By Robert Sloan
Oil pastels are an inexpensive, powerful medium for beginners and experienced artists alike. They take some special handling but allow free expression. Oil pastels are great for color studies or for beginners just starting with color. They also reproduce well for online use... read more

How to Choose the Right Oil Pastels and Supports (10 views)
By Robert Sloan
Oil pastel is a fine art medium properly known as Dustless Pastels. The illustration shows how much detail and realism a serious artist can achieve using artist grade oil pastels. Balancing quality, skill and budget takes testing different brands and knowing the feel you like the best. Read on for some pointers... read more

How to Draw a Black Cat in Soft Pastels with Limited Palette (12 views)
By Robert Sloan
Can you really do a good artwork just using the three primary colors plus black and white? The answer is Yes, and this charming black cat portrait is done with only five soft pastels. You can use any brand of pastels you have to try it!.. read more

Helpful Pastel Art Tips & Techniques For Beginners (248 views)
By Ralph Serpe
Pastels are unique and versatile because of their ability to be used as both a drawing and painting medium. They are also unique because colors are worked and blended on the paper as opposed to a palette. Whether you work with hard pastels, soft pastels,.. read more