Dry pastel art

A free mini-lesson on pastel painting and how to draw with pastels. Learn pastel techniques for beginners, and how to work safely with pastels.

'Kindred Souls' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis available for purchase $145 Sometimes I just don't feel like making a mess. Sometimes I want to do an underpainting but I don't want to take out my paints and brushes and I don't want to clean up. Sometimes I am using paper that can't get wet so doing a wet underpainting isn't an option. Yet I still would like to have the benefits of an underpainting. I like having some colors, values and interesting things happening on my paper to respond to. I…

In this easy step by step oil pastel drawing tutorial I tech you how you can draw a mountain landscape with oil pastels. This medium is fun and easy to use. You don't even need many colors to achieve a beautiful drawing. Oil Pastel Landscape easy beautiful tutorial | oil pastel drawing | how to draw with oil pastels | step by step easy tutorial | oil pastel art for beginners #oilpastel #oilpasteltutorial #easytutorial

Pastels come in 2 types: oil pastels and dry pastels. They are very different as dry pastels is more like chalk and oil pastels have a creamy texture.

Studying monochrome colors with pastels