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Oil Pastel Techniques: Start Painting With Oil Pastels
Curious about learning a few oil pastel techniques? In this FREE download from The Artist’s Magazine’s Mediapedia (an encyclopedia of art media) and a bonus article, you’ll learn the basics of painting with oil pastels. Mediapedia: Oil Pastels by Greg …
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Painting Surfaces for Pastel | The New Kids
Pastel is unique among fine art media, because it doesn’t have an inherent binder to hold it onto a surface like all other forms of painting. This difference is one of the reasons it gets classified as a drawing medium in some circles. Pastelists, though, most often associate their intent with the act of painting. While the end result of painting with pastel may visually resemble binder-based paints, it does rely on one component that they do not. It requires enough tooth and surface density for adhesion.
Sealing Oil Pastels
Is there a way to seal or coat an oil pastel painting so that you can hang it without need for glass? Find out in this “Ask the Experts” from The Artist’s Magazine.
Posted in Art Articles: Education & Topics, Art Mediums & Drawing, Art Questions Answered by our Experts, Pastel Art Techniques Painting Landscapes & More, Read The Artist's Magazine Tagged Oil Painting Techniques Tips & Instruction, Other Art Mediums Including Gouache Tempera Digital & Collage Comments Off
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What to Know When Learning How to Paint with Acrylics
This all-in-one guide provides beginners with some basic information on how to paint with acrylics including acrylic painting techniques and tools. Learn more with this handbook!
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All-in-One Guide to Colored Pencils
Wanting to learn about colored pencils? Use this all-in-one guide for beginners on drawing with colored pencils! It includes colored pencil techniques and tips!
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Learning How to Draw with Markers and Ink
Learn more about drawing with markers and ink with this guide that contains information from different types of markers to using dip pens to drawing techniques.
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How to Use Water-Soluble Colored Pencils
Water-soluble colored pencils are a wonderful tool for easy and colorful backgrounds. In this demonstration of a yellow lily, artist Kristy A. Kutch shows us how to combine colored pencil techniques with an old tooth brush and masking film to …
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Celebrating the Art of Colored Pencil
The Colored Pencil Society of America’s 20th International Exhibition brought out some of the best in colored pencil artworks. View five of the winning works here.
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