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Pastel artist Maggie Price shares expert tips and techniques for working with pastels in this Pastel Journal column. Featured topics include photographing pastel through glass, fixing moldy pastels, dry mounting, painting en plein air with pastels, inspiration and creativity, and more. Full Article

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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. Full Article

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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. Full Article

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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. Full Article

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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. Full Article

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Pastel Q&A | How To Understand Color Theory; Converting Digital Images to Slides

Maggie Prices covers converting a digital image to a slide, and understanding color theory in pastel. Full Article

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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. Full Article

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Pastel Q&A | Fixing a Moldy Pastel

In this Pastel Q&A, Maggie Price shares information about fixing moldy (framed) pastels. Full Article

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