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How To Sketch Sand Dunes In Pastels

Advanced, Drawing, Experts, Intermediate, Pastels | 19 Dec, 2012 | No Comments | 7 mins

Using soft pastels see how sand dunes are accurately sketched!

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How To Draw A Sunset In Chalk Pastels

Beginner, Chalk, Drawing, Intermediate, Pastels | 19 Nov, 2012 | 7 Comments | 10 mins

In this art tutorial you will learn how to draw a sunset with a silhouetted landscape in colored chalk pastels in a step by step manner. Onto the rough textured chalk paper the artist applies the cadmium yellow chalk using the side of the stick to the top of the paper  working his way down the page[...]

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Sheldon Borenstein: How To Draw Portraits With Pastel

Beginner, Drawing, Intermediate, Pastels | 26 Oct, 2012 | 6 Comments | 9 mins

The first topic Sheldon covers in this video tutorial is the materials and he has decided to use a Strathmore pad and  Rembrant pastels. These pastels are very soft and ideally geared towards portraiture. Now this video is a start to finish sequence and you will find absolutely everything you need to know regarding pastels[...]

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Drawing A Sunflower In Chalk Pastels

This art video demonstrates how you can draw a large scale sunflower in chalk pastels from the comfort of your home. Ever since Van Gogh's famous paintings of the sunflowers the popularity to draw them has largely increased, so from this tutorial you can gather a grasp of how to blend and style your own[...]

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Drawing A Wolf In Pastel And Pastel Pencils – Stunning!

This artist has produced a time lapse video to present to you how he takes on drawing of a wolf. His selected mediums for this picture are chalk pastels and pastel pencils which enable much finer detail as you have a sharper point and greater control. The artist begins with a very loose application of base[...]

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3D Chalk Drawing – Montage

Chalk, Drawing, Experimental, Experts, Featured, Pastels | 25 Sep, 2012 | 1 Comment | 3 mins

Think you've got what it takes to pull one of these out the bag!!!??? Absolutely incredible

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Agnes Fabricius: Pastel Portrait Tutorial

Advanced, Chalk, Drawing, Intermediate, Pastels | 23 Sep, 2012 | 12 Comments | 10 mins

Artist Agnes Fabricious shows off her impressive speed coupled with natural eye for detail here. Watch this video and see how she flitters to and from different regions of the face The pencils which are used are special pastel pencils and are an ideal compliment to your portraiture when you are looking to add very[...]

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How To Draw Portraiture With Pastel And Charcoal

Beginner, Chalk, Charcoal, Drawing, Intermediate, Pastels | 14 Sep, 2012 | 3 Comments | 10 mins

This art tutorial focuses on the different ways in which charcoals and pastels can be used within portraiture and highlights the different properties, elements and techniques in which they can be used. The instructor is concise with what he is teaching and passionately talks about how charcoal and pastel can work in harmony to create amazing[...]

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A Sunset In Pastels Tutorial

Beginner, Drawing, Intermediate, Pastels | 06 Sep, 2012 | 13 Comments | 26 mins

The methods listed in this tutorial are a great way to get started in pastel drawing. The tutor begins by saying you can take any element in either the foreground or background and still be able to arrive at your desired end result. This shows the flexibility and versatility of pastels. So anyone concerned with[...]

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Mark Crilley: How To Add Color To A Manga Character Using Watercolors

In this art tutorial anime and manga artist Mark Crilley has decided to team up with Sophie Chan, an artist and YouTube video creator, who has drawn for Mark his main character Miki from his published manga sensation Miki Falls. Sophie Chan has kindly drawn in pencil the outline drawing of Miki so Crilley can[...]

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The 3D Chalk Man – Montage

Chalk, Drawing, Experimental, Experts, Pastels | 30 Aug, 2012 | 6 Comments | 1 mins

Oh my God. You have to wonder just how much chalk this artist is using to fill an entire street or 6! Again a massively impressive montage of just how talented some street artists can be. Their will to succeed is commendable to say the least as some of these would have taken days, possibly[...]

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Girault Pastels Demo

Drawing, Experts, Intermediate, Pastels | 16 Aug, 2012 | 1 Comment | 3 mins

This video tutorial offers you an insight into the line of Girault pastels and discusses their variation and vast differences to other competing pastels. The instructor looks into their versatility and ability to draw over each other with no resistance to give fantastic vibrancy and contrast with the colors. I have to say I was[...]

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