While working on assignment 1, I’ve continued to read in Bill Creevy’s pastel book. It presents many techniques and illustrates them step by step, and I find it very inspiring. Pastels are a really interesting medium. Creevy also explains some mixed media techniques, like combining pastels with watercolour, acrylics or binder materials. I’d really like […]
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More artists: Bill Creevy
I did some research to learn about pastel drawing. I came across the great names of classical artists, especially Degas with his beautiful ballet dancers. I will look at them at a later time. I also looked for inexpensive study pastels at an art supplier, who had also listed some books on pastel techniques. There […]
Miscellaneous: Pastel mark making and tonal study
I would like to get better at drawing with pastels… I did a brief internet search for tutorials on this technique and read some tips here and there. I saw too many photorealistic pastel drawings of pets and portraits, this is a style I don’t like. I’d like to do it differently… To get some […]