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Author Archives: Maggie Price
Pastel Q&A | How To Photograph Through Glass
This Q&A covers two issues: working “soft over hard” in pastel, and photographing a framed painting.
Posted in Articles, Ask the Experts, Medium, Pastel, The Pastel Journal
Tagged Pastel, photography
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Pastel Q&A | How To Blend Colors in Pastel
In this Pastel Q&A, Maggie Price covers three questions about blending colors in pastel, using fixative and achieving dark colors in pastel.
Posted in Articles, Ask the Experts, Medium, Pastel, The Pastel Journal
Tagged Color Mixing, Pastel
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Pastel Q&A | How To Overcome Artist’s Block; Painting on Velour; Sharpening Pastel Pencils
This Pastel Q&A provides solutions for three questions about finding velour paper, remedying artist’s block and using sharpeners for pastel pencils.
Posted in Articles, Ask the Experts, Medium, Pastel, The Pastel Journal
Tagged art technique, Pastel
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Pastel Q&A | How To Dry-Mount Pastels
This Pastel Journal Q&A answers three questions about dry mounting pastels, cataloging paintings and photographing odd-sized paintings.
Posted in Articles, Ask the Experts, Medium, Pastel, The Pastel Journal, Tips and Tools
Tagged art technique, Pastel
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Pastel Q&A | How to Paint En Plein Air with Pastels
This Pastel Q&A covers three questions regarding how to create a painterly look with pastel, techniques for painting en plein air and signing a painting.
Posted in Articles, Ask the Experts, Medium, Pastel, The Pastel Journal
Tagged art technique, Pastel
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Pastel Q&A | Fixing a Moldy Pastel
Posted in Articles, Ask the Experts, Medium, Pastel, The Pastel Journal, Tips and Tools
Tagged Art Restoration, Pastel
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Painting at the Alhambra Palace
When pastel artist Maggie Price taught a workshop in Spain, she produced special permission for the class to paint at the magnificent Alhambra Palace. Read her exclusive report, as mentioned in the January/February 2009 issue of The Pastel Journal, and see some of the results of the experience …
Posted in Articles, Blogs, Landscapes, The Pastel Journal Blog
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Free Download: Guide to Pastel Surfaces
Choosing pastel surfaces isn’t always easy. Download a free guide to the many products available today.
Posted in Art Materials & Tools, Articles, Medium, Pastel, The Pastel Journal
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Bill Cone’s Road Trip
Bill Cone talks about the road trip he took on Route 66 when he was doing concept work for the setting for the Pixar movie Cars.
Posted in Articles, Artist Interviews & Profiles, The Artist’s Magazine
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